Patients with DNR orders in the operating room: Surgery, Resuscitation, and outcomes

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-257

  Wenger, Neil S ^a   Greengold, Nancy L ^b   Oye, Robert K ^c   Kussin, Peter ^d   Phillips, Russell S ^e   Desbiens, Norman A ^f   Liu, Honghu ^c   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a   Teno, Joan M ^g   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT); SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031218877     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

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7. Cohen and Cohen, " 'Do-Not-Resuscitate' Orders" Ibid.
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9. See note 3 above.
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