Withdrawal of invasive ventilation in a patient with motor neurone disease and total locked-in syndrome.
We describe a man with motor neurone disease who also had total locked-in syndrome at the time of ventilation withdrawal, and we document the legal, ethical, emotional and symptom control issues encountered in supporting him.
PMID: 28428229 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Practical Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Gleeson A, Johnson F Tags: Pract Neurol Source Type: research
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