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Intensive care at the end of life in patients dying due to non-cancer chronic diseases versus cancer: a nationwide study in Denmark

INTRODUCTION: It is unknown to what extent use of palliative care and focus on proactive planning of end-of-life (EOL) care among cancer patients is also reflected by less use of intensive care. We aimed to examine the use of intensive care in the EOL in patients dying as a result of non-cancer dise...

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Autores principales: Lyngaa, Thomas, Christiansen, Christian Fynbo, Nielsen, Henrik, Neergaard, Mette Asbjørn, Jensen, Anders Bonde, Laut, Kristina Grønborg, Johnsen, Søren Paaske
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4657209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26597917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-1124-1