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Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Robin Lynne Pierucci
Robin Lynne Pierucci
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin
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Abstract

The patient in this case does not have enough small bowel to be compatible with life. Given this prognosis the decisions to establish a DNR status and discontinue TPN are both appropriate. However, by not attempting an earlier extubation or withdrawing the hydration as well as the TPN, the attending physician set the stage for the ensuing disaster.

Type
ETHICS COMMITTEES AT WORK
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 539
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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