This article discusses the various considerations to be made when deciding to initiate or continue long term ventilation (LTV). It describes the process that should be followed and outlines the options available for the resolution of conflict around LTV decision making. A consensus view is put forward as an ethical framework for decision making in children requiring LTV.
Ray, S. et al. 2018 Towards developing an ethical framework for decision making in long-term ventilation in children. BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood 103 p 1080-1084.
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