Patterns of mortality in patients with motor neurone disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-53

  Chaudri, M B ^a   Kinnear, W J M ^a   Jefferson, D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident emergency; Intensive care unit; Motor neurone disease; Place of death

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DETERIORATION; DYING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037272024     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.02048.x     Document Type: Article

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