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Current Situation and Associated Factors of Withdrawing or Withholding Life Support to Patients in an Intensive Care Unit of Cancer Center in China
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the current situation and analyze the associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support in the intensive care unit (ICU) of our cancer center. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty-two cancer patients in critical status were admitted to our ICU in 2010 and 2011. Th...
Autores principales: | Zhao, Qingyu, Zhang, Xiaodan, Fang, Yi, Gong, Jian, Gu, Baochun, Ma, Gang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24870360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098545 |
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