Prehospital emergency treatment of palliative care patients with cardiac arrest: A retrolective investigation

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1287-1292

  Wiese, Christoph H R ^a   Bartels, Utz E ^b   Zausig, York A ^a   Pfirstinger, Jochen ^a   Graf, Bernhard M ^a   Hanekop, Gerd G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Anaesthesiology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical care; End of life decision; Palliative care patient; Palliative medical care; Resuscitation; Unresponsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956618948     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0746-8     Document Type: Article

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