End-of-life issues in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be difficult from the perspective of the physician. An intensive care unit is enough for doctors to consider to withdraw life support. Whether and when to pull the plug may depend in large part on the practices and culture of the ICU. It is of paramount importance that a physician recognizes while dealing with a dying patient.
Besides planning for the alleviation of symptoms and treatment, an ICU physician must understand decision making and advanced directives, be effective in the interaction with families regarding end-of-life issues. Generally after accounting for patient factors such as age, function, and gender the probability of having life support withdrawn ranges. This may be especially true in an incapacitated situation in which decisions are very tough to be taken. from 3.5% However, surprisingly, there actually are no…
