Open AccessLimiting intensive care therapy in dying critically Ill patients: Experience from a tertiary care center in United Arab Emirates
Author(s) -
Ur Rahman Masood,
Said Abuhasna,
Fares Chedid,
Mousab Al Mussady,
Amer Al Jundi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.119201
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , critically ill , limiting , center (category theory) , intensive care , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , crystallography
Limitations of life-support interventions, by either withholding or withdrawing support, are integrated parts of intensive care unit (ICU) activities and are ethically acceptable. The end-of-life legal aspects and practices in United Arab Emirates ICUs are rarely mentioned in the medical literature. The objective of this study was to examine the current practice of limiting futile life-sustaining therapies in our ICU, modalities for implementing of these decisions, and documentations in dying critically ill patients.