Do not resuscitate status, not age, affects outcomes after injury: An evaluation of 15,227 consecutive trauma patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1327-1330

  Adams, Sasha D ^a   Cotton, Bryan A ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Kozar, Rosemary A ^a   Dipasupil, Edmundo ^b   Podbielski, Jeanette M ^a   Gill, Brijesh S ^a   Duke, James R ^a   Adams, Philip R ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNR; Elderly trauma; withdrawal of care.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; DO NOT RESUSCITATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877014466     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828c4698     Document Type: Article

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