Variations in the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in ICUs: Findings from a national study

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1332-1339

  Jayes, Robert L ^a   Zimmerman, Jack E ^a   Wagner, Douglas P ^b   Knaus, William A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; critical illness; do not resuscitate orders; intensive care units; outcome and process assessment; probability models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029818096     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.5.1332     Document Type: Article

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