The practice of and documentation on withholding and withdrawing life support: A retrospective study in two Dutch intensive care units

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 841-846

  Spronk, Peter E ^a,b,c   Kuiper, Alexej V ^b   Rommes, Johannes H ^a   Korevaar, Joke C ^b   Schultz, Marcus J ^b,c  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DOCUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 70149094159     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181acc64a     Document Type: Article

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