The low frequency of futility in an adult intensive care unit setting

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Halevy, Amir ^a,b   Neal, Ryan C ^a   Brody, Barach A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE II; BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL (HOUSTON, TX); CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FUTILITY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; TEXAS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEXAS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030045634     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.100     Document Type: Article

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