Who has life-sustaining therapy withdrawn after injury?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1320-1326

  Watch, Libby S ^a   Saxton Daniels, Stephanie ^a   Schermer, Carol R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Geriatric trauma; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE SUSTAINING THERAPY; AGE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646196397     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196003.41799.41     Document Type: Article

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