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Variation in timing of decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment in adult ICU patients from three centres in different geographies: Do clinical factors explain the difference?

BACKGROUND: Decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (WLST) are common in intensive care units (ICUs). Clinical and non-clinical factors are important, although the extent to which each plays a part is uncertain. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the timing of decisions to WLST varies between...

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Autores principales: Seligman, W H, Sadovnikoff, N, Joubert, I A, Hutton, P, Flint, M, Courtwright, A M, Krishnamurthy, K B, Joseph, A M, McKechnie, S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37033388
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2020.v36i1.393