life support measures
life support measures
Intensive care The care provided to a profoundly obtunded or moribund Pt, usually in an ICU to maintain a stable and/or 'compensated' clinical state, which requires 24-hr monitoring. See Advance directive, DNR orders. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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