Variation in the rates of do not resuscitate orders after major trauma and the impact of intensive care unit environment

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Nathens, Avery B ^a,e   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Mackenzie, Ellen J ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Queen Wing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate; End of life; Futility; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DO NOT RESUSCITATE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38149043451     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815dd4d7     Document Type: Article

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