Palliation for high-risk patients: Should we be watching?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1498-1499

  Crippen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort measures; End of life; Intensive care unit; Lung transplant; Palliative

Indexed keywords

DEATH; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650489177     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819d2d00     Document Type: Editorial

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