Do-not-resuscitate orders, unintended consequences, and the ripple effect

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hemphill III, J Claude ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; MORTALITY; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548255880     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5687     Document Type: Note

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