Will We Code for Default ECMO?
AMA J Ethics
; 21(5): E443-449, 2019 05 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31127925
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation has become the default treatment for all patients who suffer cardiac arrest. The history of how this came to be suggests the clinical and ethical importance of establishing more humane and appropriate indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and other aggressive therapies for patients at the end of life.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Clinical Coding
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Standard of Care
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
AMA J Ethics
Year:
2019
Type:
Article