 Life Support Care
"Life Support Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
| Descriptor ID |
D008020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.440 N02.421.585.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Care- Life Support Care
- Care, Life Support
- Prolongation of Life
- Life Prolongation
Extraordinary Treatment- Extraordinary Treatment
- Extraordinary Treatments
- Treatment, Extraordinary
- Treatments, Extraordinary
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Care" by people in Profiles.
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Lyng J, Adelgais K, Alter R, Beal J, Chung B, Gross T, Minkler M, Moore B, Stebbins T, Vance S, Williams K, Yee A. Recommended Essential Equipment for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulances 2020: A Joint Position Statement. Pediatrics. 2021 06; 147(6).
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Daddato AE, Griff M, Shanbhag P, Hickman SE, Lum HD. Appropriate Use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment in the Outpatient Setting. J Palliat Med. 2020 04; 23(4):449-450.
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Lee RY, Brumback LC, Sathitratanacheewin S, Lober WB, Modes ME, Lynch YT, Ambrose CI, Sibley J, Vranas KC, Sullivan DR, Engelberg RA, Curtis JR, Kross EK. Association of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment With ICU Admission Among Patients Hospitalized Near the End of Life. JAMA. 2020 03 10; 323(10):950-960.
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Hickman SE, Vandenbroucke A, Carney J, Sandler V, Lum HD, Hammes BJ. Artificial Nutrition Belongs on POLST. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 09; 67(9):1985-1987.
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Wo SR, Largent EA, Brosco J, Rosenberg AR, Goodman KW, Lantos JD. Should Foreigners Get Costly Lifesaving Treatments in the United States? Pediatrics. 2018 11; 142(5).
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Fuchs S, Terry M, Adelgais K, Bokholdt M, Brice J, Brown KM, Cooper A, Fallat ME, Remick KE, Widmeier K, Simon W, Marx M. Definitions and Assessment Approaches for Emergency Medical Services for Children. Pediatrics. 2016 12; 138(6).
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Grossestreuer AV, Gaieski DF, Abella BS, Wiebe DJ, Moskowitz A, Ikeda DJ, Haukoos JS, Perman SM. Factors associated with post-arrest withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. Resuscitation. 2017 01; 110:114-119.
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Haukoos JS, Sasson C. Is Prehospital Advanced Life Support Harmful? Ann Intern Med. 2016 07 05; 165(1):71.
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Burkholder TW, King RA. Emergency Physicians as Good Samaritans: Survey of Frequency, Locations, Supplies and Medications. West J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan; 17(1):15-7.
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Jolley SE, Hough CL. Nighttime ICU Staffing and Mortality: Still in the Dark. Chest. 2016 Jan; 149(1):287-8.
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