“No escalation of treatment” as a routine strategy for decision-making in the ICU: con

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1374-1376

  Curtis, J Randall ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; OPIATE;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SATISFACTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929516844     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3421-6     Document Type: Editorial

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