T J Prendergast

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi A national survey of end-of-life care for critically ill patients
    T J Prendergast
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:1163-7. 1998
  2. ncbi Withdrawal of life support: intensive caring at the end of life
    Thomas J Prendergast
    Departments of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 3D, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    JAMA 288:2732-40. 2002
  3. ncbi Advance care planning: pitfalls, progress, promise
    T J Prendergast
    Dartmouth Medical School, Pulmonary Section (3D, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Crit Care Med 29:N34-9. 2001
  4. ncbi Life support for patients without a surrogate decision maker: who decides?
    Douglas B White
    University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California 94143 0903, USA
    Ann Intern Med 147:34-40. 2007
  5. ncbi An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses
    Paul N Lanken
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:912-27. 2008

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Publications5

  1. ncbi A national survey of end-of-life care for critically ill patients
    T J Prendergast
    Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:1163-7. 1998
    ..There is wide variation in end-of-life care, and efforts are needed to understand practice patterns and to establish standards of care for patients dying in ICUs...
  2. ncbi Withdrawal of life support: intensive caring at the end of life
    Thomas J Prendergast
    Departments of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 3D, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    JAMA 288:2732-40. 2002
    ..This shift from individual responsibility to patient-focused consensus often permits the family to understand, perhaps reluctantly and with great sadness, that intensive caring may involve letting go of life-sustaining interventions...
  3. ncbi Advance care planning: pitfalls, progress, promise
    T J Prendergast
    Dartmouth Medical School, Pulmonary Section (3D, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Crit Care Med 29:N34-9. 2001
    ..The approach that emphasizes communication, building trust over time, and working within the patient's most important relationships offers a hopeful model for clinicians working in intensive care units...
  4. ncbi Life support for patients without a surrogate decision maker: who decides?
    Douglas B White
    University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California 94143 0903, USA
    Ann Intern Med 147:34-40. 2007
    ..Physicians in intensive care units have withdrawn life support in incapacitated patients who lack surrogate decision makers and advance directives, yet little is known about how often this occurs or under what circumstances...
  5. ncbi An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses
    Paul N Lanken
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:912-27. 2008