Current situation and associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support to patients in an intensive care unit of cancer center in China.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the current situation and analyze the associated factors of withdrawing or withholding life support in the intensive care unit (ICU) of our cancer center. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty-two cancer patients in critical status were admitted to our ICU in 2010 and 2011. Th...

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Main Authors: Qingyu Zhao, Xiaodan Zhang, Yi Fang, Jian Gong, Baochun Gu, Gang Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4037202?pdf=render