Limitation of therapeutic effort in intensive care: Has it changed in the XXI century?;Limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico en cuidados intensivos. ¿Ha cambiado en el siglo XXI?

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 338-341

  Fernandez Fernandez R ^a,b   Baigorri Gonzalez F ^a   Artigas Raventos, A ^a  

^a PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Semicritical cares; Therapeutic limitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIMITATION OF THERAPEUTIC EFFORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25444511081     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(05)74255-8     Document Type: Article

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