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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;12(5):566–571. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe3420

Table 5. Modes of Death Among All Children Admitted to the ICU.

Previously Healthy (n=29) % Chronically-III (n=49) %
Brain Death 13 44.8 3 6.1
Failure to Resuscitate 2 6.9 5 10.2
Withdrawal 14 48.3 38 77.6
 Due to Neurological Futility 13 44.8 20 40.8
DNR 0 0.0 3 6.1