Intuitive vs Deliberative Approaches to Making Decisions About Life Support
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.7851
Abstract: Key Points Question Do seriously ill patients’ decisions about life support interventions differ when made intuitively vs deliberatively? Findings In a randomized clinical trial of 199 hospitalized patients aged 60 years and older with serious… read more here.
Keywords: decisions life; life support; deliberative approaches; life ... See more keywords
Rash decisions can be life-saving: a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompromised patient
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DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1653141
Abstract: ABSTRACT Histoplasmosis is the most prevalent endemic mycosis in the United States with the highest incidence in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. Most infections are asymptomatic or self-limited. However, in immunocompromised patients, severe and… read more here.
Keywords: decisions life; case; disseminated histoplasmosis; rash decisions ... See more keywords
Child Abuse, Incarceration, and Decisions About Life-sustaining Treatment
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0430
Abstract: Doctors wonder whether a mother who is jailed for child abuse should participate in decisions about withdrawing life support. Most critical care interventions for children occur in the framework of a supportive environment with loving… read more here.
Keywords: decisions life; incarceration decisions; abuse incarceration; child abuse ... See more keywords