TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 17. Withholding or Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Therapy and Administering of Palliative Care A1 - Luce, John M. A2 - Hall, Jesse B. A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Wood, Lawrence D.H. PY - 2005 T2 - Principles of Critical Care, 3e AB - Many, if not most, patients who die in intensive care units do so during the withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy and the administering of palliative care.Life-sustaining therapy usually is withheld or withdrawn and palliative care is administered because physicians and patients or their surrogates agree that further restorative care would not be beneficial.Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, and vasoactive drugs are the therapies most commonly withheld or withdrawn.Palliative care involves attention to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families.Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy and administering of palliative care are well supported by ethical pronouncements and case law. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/12/02 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2283805 ER -