Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in injured patients: Variations between trauma centers and nontrauma centers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1327-1335

  Cooper, Zara ^c   Rivara, Frederick P ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly trauma; End of life care; Trauma centers; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649669892     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819ea047     Document Type: Article

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