Life Sciences
Study findings on life sciences are outlined in reports from S.L. Camhi and colleagues
Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, April 19th, 2009
"Chronic critical illness is a devastating syndrome for which treatment offers limited clinical benefit but imposes heavy burdens on patients, families, clinicians, and the health care system. We studied the availability of advance directives and appropriate surrogates to guide decisions about life-sustaining treatment for the chronically critically ill and the extent and timing of treatment limitation," scientists in the United States report.
"Prospective cohort study. Respiratory Care Unit (RCU) in a large, tertiary, urban, university-affiliated, hospital. Two hundred three chronically critically ill adults transferred to RCU after tracheotomy for failure to wean from...
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