DNR orders at a tertiary care hospital - Are they appropriate?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 15-16, 2002, Pages 190-196

  Vetsch, G ^a   Uehlinger, D E ^a   Zürcher Zenklusen, Regula M ^a  

^a Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary arrest; CPR; DNR; Do not resuscitate; Informed consent; Life sustaining treatment; Prognosis; Resuscitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037140415     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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