Intensive care units across the United States vary widely in how they manage the care of patients who have set preexisting limits on life-sustaining therapies, such as authorizing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and prohibiting interventions such as feeding tubes or dialysis, according to new research.
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Odds of reversing ICU patients’ prior preferences to forgo life-sustaining therapies vary widely across the U.S.
30 marzo 2015
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