Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5886167 | Journal of Critical Care | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
There is a consensus among ICU physicians that age cannot be the sole criterion on which health care decisions should be made. In that perspective, it is important to provide data showing that outcome differences between elderly and nonelderly patients are partly related to decisions to forgo LSTs.
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Authors
Bertrand MD, Eric FCA, Charles MB BCh, DSc, PhD, FRCP, FCP, Fathima MBChB, FCOG, PhD, Jeffrey MBBCh, MD, Younsuck MD, PhD, Jean Louis MD, PhD, Elie MD, PhD, Charles L. MD, MCCP,