Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour

A young person presents with a highly malignant brain tumour with hemiparesis and limited prognosis after resection. She then suffers an iatrogenic cardiac and respiratory arrest that results in profound anoxic encephalopathy. A difference in opinion between the treatment team and the parent is base...

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Autores principales: Gunn, Scott, Hashimoto, Satoru, Karakozov, Michael, Marx, Thomas, Tan, Ian KS, Thompson, Dan R, Vincent, Jean-Louis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15312199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2909
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author Gunn, Scott
Hashimoto, Satoru
Karakozov, Michael
Marx, Thomas
Tan, Ian KS
Thompson, Dan R
Vincent, Jean-Louis
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Karakozov, Michael
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description A young person presents with a highly malignant brain tumour with hemiparesis and limited prognosis after resection. She then suffers an iatrogenic cardiac and respiratory arrest that results in profound anoxic encephalopathy. A difference in opinion between the treatment team and the parent is based on a question of futile therapy. Opinions from five intensivists from around the world explore the differences in ethical and legal issues. A Physician-ethicist comments on the various approaches.
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spelling pubmed-5228562004-10-17 Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour Gunn, Scott Hashimoto, Satoru Karakozov, Michael Marx, Thomas Tan, Ian KS Thompson, Dan R Vincent, Jean-Louis Crit Care Commentary A young person presents with a highly malignant brain tumour with hemiparesis and limited prognosis after resection. She then suffers an iatrogenic cardiac and respiratory arrest that results in profound anoxic encephalopathy. A difference in opinion between the treatment team and the parent is based on a question of futile therapy. Opinions from five intensivists from around the world explore the differences in ethical and legal issues. A Physician-ethicist comments on the various approaches. BioMed Central 2004 2004-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC522856/ /pubmed/15312199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2909 Text en Copyright © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd
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Gunn, Scott
Hashimoto, Satoru
Karakozov, Michael
Marx, Thomas
Tan, Ian KS
Thompson, Dan R
Vincent, Jean-Louis
Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
title Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
title_full Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
title_fullStr Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
title_full_unstemmed Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
title_short Ethics roundtable debate: Child with severe brain damage and an underlying brain tumour
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15312199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2909
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