Care of an unresponsive patient with a poor prognosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-531

  Slutsky, Arthur S ^a,b   Hudson, Leonard D ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTUBATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 59449098830     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMclde0808330     Document Type: Article

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