Resource use implications of do not resuscitate orders for intensive care unit patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Rapoport, John ^a   Teres, Daniel ^b   Lemeshow, Stanley ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030066513     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.1.8542114     Document Type: Article

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