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Limiting life-sustaining treatment for very old ICU patients: cultural challenges and diverse practices
BACKGROUND: Decisions about life-sustaining therapy (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU) depend on predictions of survival as well as the expected functional capacity and self-perceived quality of life after discharge, especially in very old patients. However, prognostication for individual patien...
Autores principales: | Beil, Michael, van Heerden, Peter Vernon, Joynt, Gavin M., Lapinsky, Stephen, Flaatten, Hans, Guidet, Bertrand, de Lange, Dylan, Leaver, Susannah, Jung, Christian, Forte, Daniel Neves, Bin, Du, Elhadi, Muhammed, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Sviri, Sigal |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10603016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37884827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-023-01189-8 |
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