End-of-life decision making In respiratory failure. The therapeutic choices in chronic respiratory failure in a 7-item questionnaire

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-333

  Rinnenburger, Dagmar Elfriede ^a   Alma, Mario Giuseppe ^a   Bigioni, Domenico ^a   Brunetti, Giuseppe ^a   Liberati, Carlo ^a   Magliacani, Vinicio ^a   Monaco, Gianluca ^a   Reggiani, Lino ^a   Taronna, Giovanni ^a   Cecchini, Luca ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic respiratory failure; COPD; End of life; Intubation; Neuromuscular diseases; Pulmonary fibrosis; Therapeutic decisions; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG FIBROSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ATTITUDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; ITALY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84866689243     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_03_14     Document Type: Article

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