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Limitation of life sustaining measures in neurocritical care: sex, timing, and advance directive.

Stefan Yu BögliFederica StrettiDidar UtebayLadina HitzCaroline HertlerGiovanna Brandi
Published in: Journal of intensive care (2024)
In patients receiving LLST, the presence of an AD was associated with an increase of early LLST, but not with an increased in-hospital mortality. This supports the notion that the presence of an AD is primarily an expression of the patients' will but does not per se predestine the patient for an unfavorable outcome.
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