title: Guidelines regarding the ineffective maintenance of organ functions (futile therapy) in ICU patients incapable of giving informed statements of will.
authors.affiliation: National Consultant in intensive therapy, Chair and 1st Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wrocław Medical University, Poland. andrzej.kubler@am.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kübler
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siewiera
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durek
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusza
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piechota
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szkulmowski
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D018447:Medical Futility; D016743:Mental Competency; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic