Sepsis-related organ failure assessment and withholding or withdrawing life support from critically ill patients

BACKGROUND: We studied the incidence of withholding or withdrawing therapeutic measures in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, as well as the possible implications of sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) in the decision-making process and the ethical conflicts emerging from these measures....

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Main Authors: Miguel, Nolla, León, Mariá A, Ibáñez, Jordi, Díaz, Rosa M, Merten, Alfredo, Gahete, Francesc
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC29003/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11056711
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