Independent evaluation of an out-of-hospital termination of resuscitation (TOR) clinical decision rule

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-521

  Richman, Peter B ^a,c   Vadeboncoeur, Tyler F ^a,d   Chikani, Vatsal ^b   Clark, Lani ^a,b   Bobrow, Bentley J ^a,b,c  

^a Save Hearts in Arizona Registry and Education (SHARE) Study Group   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Clinical decision rule; Clinical guidelines; Termination of resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEART ARREST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 52149122739     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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