Increased nonbeneficial care in patients spending their birthday in the ICU

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1169-1176

  Azoulay, Elie ^a,b   Garrouste, Maité ^a   Goldgran Toledano, Dany ^a   Adrie, Christophe ^a   Max, Adeline ^a   Vesin, Aurélien ^a   Francais, Adrien ^a   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^a   Cohen, Yves ^a   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^a   Schlemmer, Benoît ^a   Timsit, Jean François ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Intensive care units; Matched case control study; Medical futility; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84862659004     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2510-7     Document Type: Article

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