Characteristics of cardiac arrest in cancer patients as a predictor of survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1905-1912

  Ewer, Michael S ^a   Kish, Susannah K ^a   Martin, Charles G ^a   Price, Kristen J ^a   Feeley, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of terminal care; Do not resuscitate orders; End of life interventions; End stage cancer care; Ethical considerations; Futile care; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035476903     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011001)92:7<1905::AID-CNCR1708>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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