Unsuitable for the intensive care unit: What happens next?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 899-903

  McKeown, Alistair ^a   Booth, Malcolm G ^a   Strachan, Laura ^a   Calder, Alyson ^a   Keeley, Paul W ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961224961     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0064     Document Type: Article

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