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Pull the Plug

A popular slang term meaning to discontinue aggressive life support measures and/or withdrawal of feeding and ventilation

pull the plug

Medical ethics verb A popular term for withdrawing nutritional support and ventilation from a Pt in a persistent vegetative state. See De-escalate, End-of-life debate, Persistent vegetative state.

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No references found			A decision was made to withdraw life support in Morriston Hospital two days after the accident as doctors diagnosed brain stem death. Scaffolder's death plunge 'an accident' by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) The Hospital argued that the role of the court was limited to determining whether the medical team had the right to decide to withdraw life support and whether it had taken appropriate investigative steps. Who has the final say in end of life medical decision-making? by Wong, Peter S.L. / LawNow One patient needed a reoperation for bleeding and subsequently developed renal and cardiac failure; the family elected to withdraw life support. Laparoscopic GI surgery safe for octogenarians by Sullivan, Michele / Internal Medicine News			WISC Wisconsin mastitis test Wisdom Teeth wisdom tooth WISDOM Trial WISE Wise Woman Healing Wish Bias wish fulfillment wishbone Wishful Thinking Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome wisp Wissler's syndrome Wisteria Witch witch doctor Witch Hazel witch's milk witch-hunt Witch’s Milk witchgrass Wite-Out withania Withania somnifera Withdraw Life Support withdrawal withdrawal behavior withdrawal bleeding withdrawal emergent syndrome withdrawal method Withdrawal of Life Support withdrawal reflex withdrawal symptom withdrawal symptoms withdrawal syndrome Withdrawal Syndromes withdrawing withdrawn behavior withers withhold system withholding period within normal limits without prejudice witness witstorm Wittmaack-Ekbom Syndrome witzelsucht Wiwang Wacipi WIZARD WMD			With-Profits Bonds With-profits fund With-Profits Life Insurance With-Profits Policies With-profits policy With-profits policy with-the-bed cut With-the-Grain With-The-Rule Astigmatism withal Witham Airport Action Majority Witham Amateur Operatic Society Withamite Withania Withania somnifera withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw clandestinely withdraw from withdraw from withdraw from association withdraw from observation withdraw from one’s native land withdraw into withdraw into oneself Withdraw Life Support withdraw one’s objections withdraw one’s support withdraw the affections of withdrawable withdrawable withdrawable withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal Withdrawal and Failure withdrawal behavior Withdrawal Benefit Withdrawal Benefits withdrawal bleeding Withdrawal Credit Withdrawal Credit Withdrawal Credits withdrawal emergent syndrome Withdrawal from the University Withdrawal Kanban withdrawal method withdrawal method Withdrawal Notice Withdrawal Notices withdrawal of a sentence Withdrawal of Availability Withdrawal of Life Support

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Pull the Plug (redirected from Withdraw Life Support)

Pull the Plug
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