When life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn and the patient doesn't die.
Kutzsche S, Partridge JC, Leuthner SR, Lantos JD.
Kutzsche S, et al.
Pediatrics. 2013 Nov;132(5):893-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0413. Epub 2013 Oct 7.
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PMID: 24101767
Mechanical ventilation is usually such a treatment. Withdrawal of ventilation generally leads to the patient's rapid demise. Doctors may tell parents that death will occur quickly after a ventilator is withdrawn. ...We present a case in which that happened and asked 3 expe …
Mechanical ventilation is usually such a treatment. Withdrawal of ventilation generally leads to the patient's rapid demise. Doctors …