 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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| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2019 | 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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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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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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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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Dresang LT, González MM, Beasley J, Bustillo MC, Damos J, Deutchman M, Evensen A, de Ancheta NG, Rojas-Suarez JA, Schwartz J, Sorensen BL, Winslow D, Leeman L. The impact of Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training in low-resource countries. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Nov; 131(2):209-15.
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Smith KM, McMullan DM, Bratton SL, Rycus P, Kinsella JP, Brogan TV. Is age at initiation of extracorporeal life support associated with mortality and intraventricular hemorrhage in neonates with respiratory failure? J Perinatol. 2014 May; 34(5):386-91.
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Larabee TM, Liu KY, Campbell JA, Little CM. Vasopressors in cardiac arrest: a systematic review. Resuscitation. 2012 Aug; 83(8):932-9.
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Lawson DS, Lawson AF, Walczak R, McRobb C, McDermott P, Shearer IR, Lodge A, Jaggers J. North American neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) devices and team roles: 2008 survey results of Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) centers. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2008 Sep; 40(3):166-74.
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Deutchman M, Carter CJ, Apgar B. The ALSO article series. Am Fam Physician. 2004 Apr 01; 69(7):1610, 1612-3.
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