Defining the Practice of “No Escalation of Care” in the ICU

OBJECTIVE:Withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining therapies precedes most deaths in the modern ICU. As goals of care for critically ill patients change from curative to palliative, this transition often occurs abruptly, but a slower more staggered approach may also be used. One such approach is...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care medicine 2014-02, Vol.42 (2), p.357-361
Hauptverfasser:	Morgan, Christopher K, Varas, Grace M, Pedroza, Claudia, Almoosa, Khalid F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Female Humans Intensive care medicine Intensive Care Units Life Support Care - standards Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Refusal to Treat Retrospective Studies Terminal Care - standards
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