Defining the practice of "no escalation of care" in the ICU

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-361

  Morgan, Christopher K ^a   Varas, Grace M ^b   Pedroza, Claudia ^a   Almoosa, Khalid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Care; Decision Making; End Of Life Care; Humans; Life Support Care; Withdrawing Care; Withholding Treatment

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84893320733     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a276c9     Document Type: Article

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