Timing of limitations in life support in acute lung injury patients: A multisite study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-302

  Turnbull, Alison E ^a,b   Ruhl, A Parker ^b,c   Lau, Bryan M ^a   Mendez Tellez, Pedro A ^b   Shanholtz, Carl B ^d   Needham, Dale M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Lung Injury; Artificial; Intensive Care; Intensive Care Units; Life Support Care; Prospective Studies; Respiration; Resuscitation Orders; Survival Rate; Terminal Care; Time Factors; Withholding Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893262662     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a272db     Document Type: Article

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