Futility of resuscitation criteria for the "young" old and the "old" old trauma patient: A national trauma data bank analysis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Nirula, Ram ^a,c   Gentilello, Lawrence M ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Futile; Geriatric; Injury; Mortality; Outcome; Resuscitation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACID BASE BALANCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMA PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4043062138     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000128236.45043.6A     Document Type: Article

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