Journal article
Withdrawing and withholding life support in the intensive care unit: a Spanish prospective multi-centre observational study
Abstract
Abstract.Objective: To determine how frequently life support is withheld or withdrawn from adult critically ill patients, and how physicians and patients families agree on the decision regarding the limitation of life support. Design: Prospective multi-centre cohort study. Setting: Six adult medical-surgical Spanish intensive care units (ICUs). Patients and participants: Three thousand four hundred ninety-eight consecutive patients admitted to …
Authors
Esteban A; Gordo F; Solsona L; Alía I; Caballero J; Bouza C; Alcalá-Zamora J; Cook DJ; Sanchez JM; Abizanda R
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1744–1749
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
November 2001
DOI
10.1007/s00134-001-1111-7
ISSN
0342-4642