Withholding or withdrawing of life sustaining therapies in emergency context. Perception by anaesthesiologists;Limitation ou arrêt de thérapeutiques actives en situations d'urgence. Le point de vue des anesthésistes réanimateurs

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Dumont, R ^a   Asehnoune, K ^a   Pouplin, L ^a   Volteau, C ^b   Simonneau, F ^a   Lejus, C ^a  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency; Withdrawing life support; Withholding life support

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EUTHANASIA; EXTUBATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; SEDATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77955089212     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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