Withdrawal of invasive home mechanical ventilation in patients with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Ten years of danish experience

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-209

  Dreyer, Pia Sander ^a,b   Felding, Michael ^a   Klitnæs, Charlotte Sønderskov ^a   Lorenzen, Charlotte Kirkegård ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MORPHINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE HOME MECHANICAL VENTILATION; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEEP SEDATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84857462095     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0133     Document Type: Article

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