Survey of Do-not-resuscitate Orders in Surgical Intensive Care Units

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-208

  Huang, Yu Chen ^a   Huang, Sheng Jean ^a   Ko, Wen Je ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate; mortality; surgical intensive care unit; treatment intensity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952105690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60043-5     Document Type: Article

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