Factors Affecting Code Status in a University Hospital Intensive Care Unit

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 768-781

  Van Scoy, Lauren Jodi ^a   Sherman, Michael ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879177499     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2012.699908     Document Type: Article

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