Clinical decision making during resuscitation and guidelines for termination of the resuscitation effort

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Weil, M H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Guidelines; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0141501484     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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