Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2001
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyFrench intensivists do not apply American recommendations regarding decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy.
Recommendations for making and implementing decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in intensive care units have been developed in the United States, but the extent that they are realized in practice has yet to be measured. ⋯ A decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapy was implemented for half the patients who died in the French intensive care units studied. In many cases, the decision was taken without regard for one or more factors identified as relevant in U.S. guidelines.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2001
Comment Letter Comparative StudyOutcome in meningococcemia: a relationship between quantity and quality?