Life support in the patient in a persistent vegetative state;Medidas de soporte vital en un paciente en estado vegetativo persistente

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-161

  Bouza Alvarez C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Artificial feeding; Life support; Limitation of life sustaining therapy; Permanent vegetative state; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE;

EID: 3442878128     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(04)70038-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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