The impact of withholding and withdrawal life-sustaining treatment issues on patients with sepsis: a prospective, nationwide, multicenter cohort study

The impact of withholding and withdrawal life-sustaining treatment issues on patients with sepsis: a prospective, nationwide, multicenter cohort study

Abstract Approximately half of the patients with sepsis require intensive care unit (ICU) management and their mortality rate remains high. The concept of withholding and withdrawal life-sustaining treatment (WWLST) issue was introduced to limit the suffering of critically ill patients. However, lit...

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Main Authors: So-yun Kim, Da Hyun Kang, Hyekyeong Ju, Dong Kyu Oh, Su Yeon Lee, Mi Hyeon Park, Chae-Man Lim, Song I Lee, the Korean Sepsis Alliance investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Withholding treatment
Intensive care unit
Do-not-resuscitate
End-of-life care
Well-dying
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98584-x
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