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Comment
. 2025 Jan 6;29(1):9.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-05241-2.

Limitation of life-sustaining treatments in Asian ICUs: theory versus practice

Lowell Ling  1 , Andrew Li  2 , Jason Phua  2   3 ; MOSAICS II Study Group; Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group
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Limitation of life-sustaining treatments in Asian ICUs: theory versus practice

Lowell Ling et al. Crit Care. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The National Healthcare Group Domain-Specific Review Board approved the study (2018/00354), with a waiver informed consent as this was an observational study. In addition this study was approved by institutional review boards according to local regulations at participating ICUs, with most waiving the need for informed consent. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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