Withdrawal of care: A 10-year perspective at a Level i trauma center

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1186-1193

  Sise, Michael J ^a   Sise, C Beth ^a   Thorndike, Jonathan F ^a   Kahl, Jessica E ^a   Calvo, Richard Y ^a   Shackford, Steven R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Futility; Limitation of care; Trauma center; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMORBIDITY; CONFLICT; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; SURGEON; TERMINAL CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864561453     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824d0e57     Document Type: Article

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