Anesthesiologist management of perioperative do-not-resuscitate orders: A simulation-based experiment

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Waisel, David B ^a   Simon, Robert ^b,c,d   Truog, Robert D ^b,c,d   Baboolal, Hemanth ^b,c,d   Raemer, Daniel B ^b,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Center for Medical Simulation Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

DNR; Ethics; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; APNEA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; TUBE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 67649402156     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31819e137b     Document Type: Article

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