Evolution of end-of-life practices in a spanish intensive care unit between 2002 and 2009

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1102-1107

  Real De Asúa, Diego ^a   Alcalá Zamora, Juan ^a   Reyes, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; APACHE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84884490485     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0136     Document Type: Article

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