Avoiding the futility of resuscitation

Resuscitation

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Khalafi, Kamal ^a   Ravakhah, Keyvan ^a   West, Burton C ^a  

^a Huron Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

ACLS; Arrest; CPR; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 0034852381     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00332-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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