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Life Support Care

Known as: Life Prolongation, life care support, Care, Life Support 
Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
National Institutes of Health

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Life ExtensionResuscitation Ordersintensive carelegislation & jurisprudence

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Quizartinib, an FLT3 inhibitor, as monotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia: an open-label, multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Vandetanib in locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2 trial.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Lumbar Intraspinal Injection of Neural Stem Cells in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results of a Phase I Trial in 12 Patients
Advances in stem cell biology have generated intense interest in the prospect of transplanting stem cells into the nervous system… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Validation of a universal prehospital termination of resuscitation clinical prediction rule for advanced and basic life support providers.
Review
2003
Review
2003
The Quality of Medical Care Provided to Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Patients
Context Many Americans 65 years of age and older are at risk for functional decline, yet we know little about the quality of care… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Psychotropic Drugs, Cardiac Arrhythmia, and Sudden Death
A variety of drugs targeted towards the central nervous system are associated with cardiac side effects, some of which are linked… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Quality of life and psychosocial issues in ventilated patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their caregivers.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Are older French patients as willing as older American patients to undertake chemotherapy?
PURPOSE A view often held in Europe is that older Europeans are less willing than older Americans to undertake chemotherapy. This… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Possibilities of fish oil application for food products enrichment with omega-3 PUFA.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids of omega-3 series (omega-3 or n-3 PUFA), especially long chain EPA and DHA, exert strong positive… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Suicidal behavior in chronic dialysis patients.
Questionnaires involving 3,478 renal dialysis patients revealed a higher incidence of suicidal behavior than among the general… 
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