The role of the medical emergency team in end-of-life care: A multicenter, prospective, observational study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Jones, Daryl A ^d   Bagshaw, Sean M ^a   Barrett, Jonathon ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^d   Bhatia, Gaurav ^e   Bucknall, Tracey K ^b,c   Casamento, Andrew J ^f   Duke, Graeme J ^f   Gibney, Noel ^a   Hart, Graeme K ^d   Hillman, Ken M ^g   Jäderling, Gabriella ⁱ   Parmar, Ambica ^a   Parr, Michael J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h Intensive Care Unit   (Sweden)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advanced care planning; Do not resuscitate; End of life care planning; Limitation of medical therapy; Medical emer gency team; Not for resuscitation; Rapid response system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMITATION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84055166964     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822e9d50     Document Type: Article

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