Cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass cause a systemic inflammatory response,
which can lead to organ injury and postoperative morbidity. Causative factors include …

C ardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) activate a systemic inflammatory
response characterized clinically by alterations in cardiovascular and pulmonary function. …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that
is both preventable and treatable. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of this complex …

Background: Initiatives to improve end-of-life care are hampered by our nascent understanding
of what quality care means to patients and their families. The primary purpose of this …

Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering by controlling symptoms and to provide
other support to patients and families in order to maintain and improve their quality of living. …

… Hall RI, Rocker GM: End of life care in the ICU: Treatments provided when life support
was or was not withdrawn. Chest 2000; 118: 1424–30 … Rocker, G; Cook, D; Sjokvist, P; …

Background In critically ill patients who are receiving mechanical ventilation, the factors
associated with physicians' decisions to withdraw ventilation in anticipation of death are unclear. …

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E195 backgrounds in clinical and/or nonclinical expertise: 15 were experts in critical care …

It is not uncommon for patients to have an expected death in an ICU. This review covers
issues related to the end of life in the absence of discordance between the patient's family …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory illness in Canada that
is preventable and treatable but unfortunately remains underdiagnosed. The purpose of the …