Medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive.
1The family had been advised to consider ending life support, he said.
2No documented discussion of life support withdrawal was noted in one case.
3Brandajah died a short time later after being taken off life support.
4Methods: Heart samples were prospectively obtained from organ donors on life support.
5Still, economies remain on life support, with full recovery not yet assured.
6If anything, that shot put the state on life support, she said.
7He was put on life support, but there was absolutely no hope.
8I'm not just learning whether Luke Warren wanted to terminate life support.
9It's the only reason they didn't turn off the life support system.
10The bad news is we've got two days max on life support.
11I had to sign the papers to turn off her life support.
12It is also already legal for life support to be switched off.
13He met Kristin Kinney in a class on advanced cardiac life support.
14They gave her life support, but she died half an hour later.
15I can't take any chances when there are people on life support.
16He is in a coma, on life support and under heavy sedation.
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