Understanding ethical decisions for patients on extracorporeal life support

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Oct;43(10):1510-1511. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4781-5. Epub 2017 Mar 27.

Authors

Thomas Bein¹, Daniel Brodie²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Operative Intensive Care, University Hospital Regensburg, 93042, Regensburg, Germany. thomas.bein@ukr.de.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel*
Clinical Decision-Making*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / ethics*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / mortality
Humans
Medical Futility
Quality of Life
Withholding Treatment / ethics