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BACKGROUND: With paediatric patients, deciding whether to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining treatments (LST) at the end of life is difficult and ethically sensitive. Little is understood about how and why physicians decide on withholding/withdrawing…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the perceptions of caregivers of children with medical complexity (CMC) about their decision to pursue tracheostomy for their children, in particular the satisfaction with their decision. STUDY DESIGN: In this qualitative study…
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the approaches used in withdrawing mechanical ventilator support. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Speakers from the invited faculty of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine…