Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 953-963

  Truog, Robert D ^a   Campbell, Margaret L ^b   Curtis, J Randall ^c   Haas, Curtis E ^d   Luce, John M ^e   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^f   Rushton, Cynda Hylton ^g   Kaufman, David C ^h  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life; Ethics; Intensive care unit; Palliative care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

BEREAVEMENT; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DELIRIUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYING; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; FAMILY; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 42949150808     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E3181659096     Document Type: Review

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