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

<h4>Background</h4>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 trend...

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Main Authors: Daniele Ramazzotti, Peter Clardy, Leo Anthony Celi, David J Stone, Robert S Rudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212439