Epidemiology of and factors associated with end-of-life decisions in a surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1060-1068

  Meissner, Anne ^a   Genga, Kelly Roveran ^a   Studart, Fernando Sérgio ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a   Hofmann, Gunther ^a   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Sakr, Yasser ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life; Epidemiology; Postoperative; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77950276114     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181cd1110     Document Type: Article

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