Increase in the proportion of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction with do-not-resuscitate orders already in place between 2001 and 2007: A nonconcurrent prospective study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 267-274

  Saczynski, Jane S ^a,b   Gabbay, Ezra ^c   McManus, David D ^a,b   McManus, Richard ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; End of life; Epidemiology; Longitudinal; Myocardial infarction; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868136001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s32034     Document Type: Article

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