| End-of-Life Care in ICU: A Practical Guide. | |
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PMID: 21436173 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Proper critical care training and management rests on 3 pillars-evidence-based patient care, proficient procedural skills, and compassionate end-of-life (EOL) management. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a practical guide to EOL management for all bedside practitioners. The manuscript outlines not all but some fundamentally important ethical concepts and provides helpful rules and steps on end-of-life management based on my own personal experience and practice. Moreover, nowhere in the rigorous training of critical care or hospitalist physicians do we teach the procedure for removal of life-sustaining measures. Like any other procedure in medicine, it requires preparation, implementation and conclusion, as well as supervision and repetition to become proficient. Therefore, at the conclusion of this paper, an attempt is made to correct this lack of training by providing such outline and a guide. |
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Authors:
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Irene M Spinello |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-24 |
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Title: Journal of intensive care medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1525-1489 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8610344 Medline TA: J Intensive Care Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Kern Medical Center, Dept of Medicine. |
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