Providing palliative care for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit: Part 2: Withdrawing ventilation

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Cox, Christopher E ^a   Govert, Joseph A ^a   Shanawani, Hasan ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; EXTUBATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 24744456945     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992605X48642     Document Type: Review

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