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life support measures

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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.


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Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the CBI conference in London that turning off the life support measures for the economy would ruin hopes of a recovery.
Europe cracked the whip on bloated national deficits on Wednesday, but flagging hopes of economic recovery sharpened divisions on ending governments' economic life support measures.
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