Life Support Care
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage. DESIGN: Population-based surveillance. SETTING: Corpus Christi, Texas. PATIENTS: All cases of intracerebral hemorrhage in the community of Corpus ... Read more...

The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians.

30 Aug 2009 On March 31, 2005, Terri Schiavo (born December 3, 1963) died -- the final complication of a cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. Her death was preceded by the withdrawal of artificially administered hydration and nutrition through a feeding tube. ... Read more...

Withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care: what is stopped - comparison between belief and practice.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the methods of withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care patients and to compare surveyed practice with the beliefs of medical and nursing staff. STUDY DESIGN: Staff beliefs were assessed prospectively using an anonymous ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Life Support Care'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage. 29 Sep 2009
• The Terri Schiavo saga: ethical and legal aspects and implications for clinicians. 30 Aug 2009
• [Premature infants' right to cae and the unwillingness to modify the view on abortions] 30 Aug 2009
• Withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care: what is stopped - comparison between belief and practice. 30 Aug 2009
• [Difficult questions must be further illuminated in the debate on extremely premature infants] 30 Aug 2009
• Proximal brachiocephalic artery access for arterial cannulation: value and technical issues. 30 Aug 2009
• The practice of and documentation on withholding and withdrawing life support: a retrospective study in two Dutch intensive care units. 30 Aug 2009
• [Abuse is not excluded. The new regulation applies also without patient advance directives! (interview by Dr. med. Horst Gross)] 18 Aug 2009
• [What is changing, what is becoming simpler--and where there are dangers. What will the new regulation for patient advance directives entail?] 18 Aug 2009
• Chest radiography of life-supporting medical interventions. 6 Aug 2009
• The efficacy of pediatric advanced life support training in emergency medical service providers. 30 Jul 2009
• [The question worth a more nuanced discussion] 30 Jul 2009
• [The decision can't be made by the parents alone] 30 Jul 2009
• [Also extremely premature infants have a right to full-scale care] 30 Jul 2009
• Can the implementation of an ILS course prevent in-hospital cardiac arrests? 22 Jul 2009
• Cryptic anhydrobiotic potential in man: implications in medicine. 12 Jul 2009
• [Care of extremely premature infants--who is to decide?] 29 Jun 2009
• [Extremely premature infants: When to try saving them--and who is to decide?] 29 Jun 2009
• Advanced life support courses. 29 Jun 2009
• Interventional and surgical modalities of treatment in pulmonary hypertension. 28 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Life Support Care'

Definition: Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.

Descriptor UI: D008020

Alternative terms: Life Support Care; Care, Life Support; Prolongation of Life; Life Prolongation; Extraordinary Treatment; Extraordinary Treatments; Treatment, Extraordinary; Treatments, Extraordinary;

Related Mesh Headings: Resuscitation Orders;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.440; N02.421.585.440;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: extraordinary measures in patient care: do not confuse with LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS which is non-med