Use of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Patients With Kidney Disease Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Chen, Joline L T ^a   Sosnov, Jonathan ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Gore, Joel ^a   Goldberg, Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate orders; End of life care; hospital care; kidney disease; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845596499     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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