'Do Not Attempt Resuscitation' - Do Standardised Order Forms make a clinical difference above hand-written note entries?

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Lewis, Keir Edward ^a,b   Edwards, Victoria Middleton ^a   Hall, Sian ^c   Temblett, Paul ^d   Hutchings, Hayley ^b  

^a PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST WALES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNAR; Patient selection; Routine data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749195725     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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