Death in emergency departments: A multicenter cross-sectional survey with analysis of withholding and withdrawing life support

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 765-772

  Le Conte, Philippe ^a   Riochet, David ^a   Batard, Eric ^a   Volteau, Christelle ^a   Giraudeau, Bruno ^b   Arnaudet, Idriss ^a   Labastire, Laetitia ^a   Levraut, Jacques ^c   Thys, Frédéric ^d   Lauque, Dominique ^e   Piva, Claude ^f   Schmidt, Jeannot ^g   Trewick, David ^a   Potel, Gilles ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Department of Emergency Medicine   (France)

Author keywords

Death; Emergency medicine; End of life; Ethic; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BELGIUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DYING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RELATIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77951208394     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1800-1     Document Type: Article

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