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- Title
Increased nonbeneficial care in patients spending their birthday in the ICU.
- Authors
Azoulay, Elie; Garrouste, Maité; Goldgran-Toledano, Dany; Adrie, Christophe; Max, Adeline; Vesin, Aurélien; Francais, Adrien; Zahar, Jean-Ralph; Cohen, Yves; Allaouchiche, Bernard; Schlemmer, Benoît; Timsit, Jean-François
- Abstract
End-of-life decisions are based on objective and subjective criteria. Previous studies identified substantial subjective biases during end-of-life decision-making. We evaluated whether in-ICU patient's birthday influenced management decisions.
- Publication
Intensive care medicine, 2012, Vol 38, Issue 7, p1169
- ISSN
1432-1238
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-012-2510-7