Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in low-middle-income versus high-income Asian countries and regions.

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Title: Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in low-middle-income versus high-income Asian countries and regions.
Authors: Phua J; Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore., Joynt GM; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China., Nishimura M; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan., Deng Y; Intensive Care Unit, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China., Myatra SN; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India., Chan YH; Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore., Binh NG; Intensive Care Department, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam., Tan CC; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, Malaysia., Faruq MO; Department of Critical Care Medicine, BIRDEM General Hospital, Ibrahim Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Arabi YM; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Wahjuprajitno B; Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia., Liu SF; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.; Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan., Hashemian SM; Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Kashif W; Section of Nephrology, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan., Staworn D; Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand., Palo JE; The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines., Koh Y; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Pungnap Dong Songpa Ku, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea. yskoh@amc.seoul.kr.
Corporate Authors: ACME Study Investigators, Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group
Source: Intensive care medicine [Intensive Care Med] 2016 Jul; Vol. 42 (7), pp. 1118-27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 12.
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal Info: Publisher: Springer Verlag Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7704851 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1432-1238 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03424642 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Intensive Care Med Subsets: MEDLINE
Database: MEDLINE Ultimate
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ISSN:1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s00134-016-4347-y