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Intensive care: heroic efforts or futile care? 1995

V Carmichael
California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, USA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003422 Critical Care Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis. Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D018447 Medical Futility The absence of a useful purpose or useful result in a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention. The situation of a patient whose condition will not be improved by treatment or instances in which treatment preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care. (From Ann Intern Med 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949) Futile Treatment,Treatment Futility,Futility,Futility, Medical,Futile Treatments,Futility, Treatment,Treatment, Futile,Treatments, Futile

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