Letting your fellow/resident work on someone despite probable futility...

Hey, I recall reading something about a NICU attending letting a resident work on and keep a baby alive overnight... meanwhile the attending knew the patient was going to die. I had something similar happen in the adult world. It's infinitely easier to let go there on a 90 year old. I would have stopped care on this patient in their early 70's and had a palliative discussion. Instead, got re-intubated and then LVEF 5% from the 10% it was... for whatever that's worse. On massive doses of... Letting your fellow/resident work on someone despite probable futility...
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