End-of-life decisions: A cohort study of the withdrawal of all active treatment in intensive care units in the United Kingdom

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-831

  Wunsch, Hannah ^a   Harrison, David A ^b   Harvey, Sheila ^b   Rowan, Kathryn ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Intensive care units; Life support care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION MODEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 21244440565     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2644-y     Document Type: Article

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