Research Article

Dying in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Retrospective Descriptive Analysis of Deaths in the ICU in a Communal Tertiary Hospital in Germany

Figure 2

Time course after withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining therapy. The number of patients dying after withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining therapy is shown in bars. The percentage of patients who are still alive after withholding or withdrawal of therapy are plotted as lines.