Deciding in the dark: Advance directives and continuation of treatment in chronic critical illness

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 919-925

  Camhi, Sharon L ^a   Mercado, Alice F ^b   Morrison, R Sean ^a,c   Du, Qingling ^c   Platt, David M ^b   August, Gary I ^b   Nelson, Judith E ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Do not resuscitate; Prolonged critical illness; Prolonged mechanical ventilation; Withdrawing treatment; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849083443     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819613ce     Document Type: Article

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