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Withholding or withdrawing invasive interventions may not accelerate time to death among dying ICU patients

BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients may die despite invasive intervention. In this study, we examine trends in the application of two such treatments over a decade, namely, endotracheal ventilation and vasopressors and inotropes administration, as well as the impact of these trends on survival durat...

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Autores principales: Ramazzotti, Daniele, Clardy, Peter, Celi, Leo Anthony, Stone, David J., Rudin, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30763372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212439