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Title
Withholding versus withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: patient factors and documentation associated with dialysis decisions.
Authors
Wenger, N S; Lynn, J; Oye, R K; Liu, H; Teno, J M; Phillips, R S; Desbiens, N A; Sehgal, A; Kussin, P; Taub, H; Harrell, F; Knaus, W
Abstract
We evaluated prospectively the use of acute hemodialysis among hospitalized patients to identify demographic and clinical predictors of and chart documentation concerning dialysis withheld and withdrawn.
Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2000, Vol 48, Issue S1, pS75