Level of agreement on resuscitation decisions among hospital specialists and barriers to documenting do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) orders in ward patients

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 815-818

  Micallef, Sharon ^a   Skrifvars, Markus B ^a   Parr, Michael J A ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Do not resuscitate orders; Medical Emergency Team; Medical futility; Outcome; Quality of life; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION ORDER; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957800267     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.02.048     Document Type: Article

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