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Withdrawal of life-support in paediatric intensive care - a study of time intervals between discussion, decision and death

BACKGROUND: Scant information exists about the time-course of events during withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. We investigated the time required for end-of-life decisions, subsequent withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and the time to death. METHODS: Prospective, observational study in the...

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Autores principales: Oberender, Felix, Tibballs, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21599993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-39

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