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The Opportunity Cost of Futile Treatment in the ICU

Thanh N. Huynh, Eric C. Kleerup, Prince P. Raj, Neil S. Wenger Crit Care Med, 2014, 42(9);1977-1982

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This paper starts with the argument that delayed access to ICU increases mortality and morbidity for critically ill patients. Given this the resource should be used carefully. Providing critical care to patients that may not benefit, i.e. patients that are dying not deteriorating,...


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