Withdrawal of life-sustaining low-burden care
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Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: a case study.
Withdrawal of life support is an option for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation when all attempts at weaning have failed and it is deemed futile to continue the therapy, when quality of life is unacceptable, or when it is perceived that the patient is suffering. The purpose of this article is to present the nursing aspects of managing an adult patient undergoing the withdrawal of mec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.04.020