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*If the unit physician discontinues life-support treatment (withdraws therapy) on a patient and death is immediate, then '''[[Admit, Transfer and Discharge date and time#Transfer_Date_and_Time|Transfer ready]]''' '''should be left blank'''. This field is not for recording the date and time when discontinuation of life support process started.

** is this true even if the transfer ready date was entered much sooner, e.g. a patient was transfer ready and deteriorated several days later? Isn't what we really want just to say the second part: do not use the transfer ready date to indicate dc tx time? Ttenbergen 09:47, 2013 July 4 (CDT) {{discussion}}

==== questions re, transfer date and dc tx ====

'' these either need to be answered, or deleted if the above already addresses them.

Pts who become [[ACP C]] and expire in hospital 3 days to one month after comfort care is ordered.

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 *If the unit physician discontinues life-support treatment (withdraws therapy) on a patient and death is immediate, then '''[[Admit, Transfer and Discharge date and time#Transfer_Date_and_Time|Transfer ready]]''' '''should be left blank'''. This field is not for recording the date and time when discontinuation of life support process started.
 ** is this true even if the transfer ready date was entered much sooner, e.g. a patient was transfer ready and deteriorated several days later? Isn't what we really want just to say the second part: do not use the transfer ready date to indicate dc tx time? Ttenbergen 09:47, 2013 July 4 (CDT) {{discussion}}
+==== questions re, transfer date and dc tx ====
+'' these either need to be answered, or deleted if the above already addresses them.
 Pts who become [[ACP C]] and expire in hospital 3 days to one month after comfort care is ordered.