title: Treatment escalation in the intensive care unit among patients with preexisting treatment limitations: best-laid plans gone awry?
authors.affiliation: Section of Decision Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Amber E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Barnato
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dzeng
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016223:Advance Directives / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male