Emergency room deaths: 3-Month retrospective analysis;Décès survenus dans un service d'accueil et d'urgence: Analyse rétrospective sur une période de 3 mois

Presse Medicale

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 566-568

  Le Conte, Philippe ^a,b   Amelineau, Marc ^a   Trewick, David ^a   Batard, Éric ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 18444388577     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0755-4982(05)83980-6     Document Type: Article

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