Exploration of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy in Canadian Intensive Care Units

Conclusions: Standard practice of life-sustaining therapy withdrawal appears to differ between selected Canadian sites. Variability in withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy may have a potential impact both on rates of cDCD success and quality of palliative care.

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Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - April 9, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Authors: van Beinum, A., Hornby, L., Ramsay, T., Ward, R., Shemie, S. D., Dhanani, S. Tags: Analytic Reviews Source Type: research

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