Severe sepsis in do-not-resuscitate patients: Intervention and mortality rates

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 742-749

  Powell, Emilie S ^a   Sauser, Kori ^a   Cheema, Navneet ^a   Pirotte, Matthew J ^a   Quattromani, Erin ^a   Avula, Umakanth ^a   Khare, Rahul K ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

do not resuscitate; mortality; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84875742089     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.09.034     Document Type: Article

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