Impact of do-not-resuscitation orders on quality of care performance measures in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Chen, Joline L T ^a   Sosnov, Jonathan ^b   Lessard, Darleen ^c   Goldberg, Robert J ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849125761     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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