Catchword: terminal weaning
Part of Speech:
n. The part of speech reflects that used in the
full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Of physicians who withdrew ventilators, 33% preferred the gradual withdrawal of supplemental oxygen and positive end-expiratory pressure treatment before removing the ventilator, a process called terminal weaning.
Article or Document Title:
“Withholding and withdrawal of life support from critically ill patients”
Author:
John M. Luce
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Western Journal of Medicine
Date of Publication:
Dec. 1, 1997
Page Number:
411
Volume: 167
Number or Issue: 6
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