title: 1st Forum of the Southern Cone End-of-Life Study Group: proposal for care of patients, bearers of terminal disease staying in the ICU.
abstract: Withholding of treatment in patients with terminal disease is increasingly common in intensive care units, throughout the world. Notwithstanding, Brazilian intensivists still have a great difficulty to offer the best treatment to patients that have not benefited from curative care. The objective of this comment is to suggest an algorithm for the care of terminally ill patients. It was formulated based upon literature and the experience of experts, by members of the ethics committee and end-of-life of AMIB - Brazilian Association of Intensive Care.
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rachel Duarte
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Miranda do
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.affiliation: Sociedad Uruguaya de Medicina Intensiva, Uruguai.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deicas
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cristine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nilson
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernando Osni
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jairo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Othero
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jefferson Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.affiliation: Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva, Argentina.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rovatti
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Azeredo
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nilton Brandão da
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pusch