Code status orders and goals of care in the medical ICU

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Gehlbach, Thomas G ^a   Shinkunas, Laura A ^a   Forman Hoffman, Valerie L ^a   Thomas, Karl W ^a   Schmidt, Gregory A ^a   Kaldjian, Lauris C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; INTUBATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79953730617     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1798     Document Type: Article

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