A five-step protocol for withholding and withdrawing of life support in an emergency department: An observational study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Sedillot, Nicholas ^a,b   Holzapfel, Laurent ^a   Jacquet Francillon, Thierry ^a   Tafaro, Nathalie ^a   Eskandanian, Ali ^a   Eyraud, Sarah ^a   Metton, Pierre ^a   Prost, Sylvain ^a   Serre, Patrice ^a   Souton, Laure ^a  

^a Emergency Department   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Descriptor; Emergency department; Ethics; Palliative treatment; Terminal care; Withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 43149124173     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282f01147     Document Type: Article

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