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ArticleCureus2022

Together Till the End: Two Cases of Withdrawal of Life Support.

Manar Shalak, Masood A Shariff

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Manar ShalakGeriatrics, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, USA.
Masood A ShariffInternal Medicine, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYC HHC) Lincoln, New York, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It's important to consider patients' wishes regarding treatment options, especially near the end of life to allow patients to die with dignity. Worldwide variability exists regarding the palliative extubation decision, which is performed to relieve suffering by the termination of mechanical ventilation and withdrawal of the breathing tube, consequently avoiding the prolongation of death. It is only performed when it is consistent with patients' values and prognosis. This variability is even more prominent in low-income and developing countries. We are presenting a case report of two patients, a husband and a wife, who underwent palliative extubation and withdrawal of life support on the same day.

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advance care planningadvance directivehealth care proxiessupportive and palliative careterminal extubationwithdraw of care

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PMID36134113
PMCPMC9481216

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