The impact of early do not resuscitate (DNR) orders on patient care and outcomes following resuscitation from out of hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-487

  Richardson, Derek K ^a   Zive, Dana ^a   Daya, Mohamud ^a   Newgard, Craig D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Do not resuscitate; End of life; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DO NOT RESUSCITATE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 84875235498     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.08.327     Document Type: Article

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