Characteristics of patients receiving or forgoing resuscitation at the time of cardiopulmonary arrest

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1118-1122

  Ghusn, Husam F ^a,b   Teasdale, Thomas A ^a,b   Boyer, Kathryn ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030792718     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05977.x     Document Type: Article

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