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Table 1 Life support techniques limited in patients with orders to limit life support on admission to the intensive care unit

From: Limitation of life support techniques at admission to the intensive care unit: a multicenter prospective cohort study

  

Type of limitation

Technique

 

Withhold

Withdraw

Invasive life support

 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

215 (91.5%)

215 (91.5%)

0 (0%)

 Dialysis

209 (89.3%)

203 (86.8%)

6 (2.6%)

 Intubation

147 (63.9%)

126 (54.8%)

21 (9.1%)

Noninvasive life support

 Vasopressors

104 (45.0%)

96 (41.5%)

8 (3.5%)

 Noninvasive ventilation

61 (26.9%)

60 (26.4%)

1 (0.4%)

 Blood transfusions

59 (25.5%)

55 (23.8%)

4 (1.7%)