Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in older people - A review

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-29

  Lannon, R ^a   O'Keeffe, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

aged; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; AREFLEXIA; ASYSTOLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMORBIDITY; CORNEA REFLEX; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUPIL REFLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 77957349489     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259809990438     Document Type: Review

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