Set up of a withholding and withdrawing life support therapy procedure in an emergency department. Prospective evaluation after seven months;Mise en place d'une procédure de limitation ou d'arrêt des soins actifs dans un service d'urgence. Evaluation prospective sur 7 mois

JEUR

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 188-192

  Le Conte, Ph ^a   Guilbaudeau, S ^a   Batard, E ^a   Trewick, D ^a   Yatim, D ^a   Longo, C ^a   Gueffet, I ^a   Touze M D ^a   Potel, G ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Death; Emergency medicine; Ethics; Withholding and withdrawing of life support therapies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPSIS; TIME; WARD;

EID: 32044461829     PISSN: 09939857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0993-9857(05)82491-4     Document Type: Article

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