Limitations of medical treatment among patients attended by the rapid response team

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1268-1274

  Jaderling G ^a,b   Bell, M ^a   Martling, C R ^a   Ekbom, A ^a   Konrad, D ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; TERMINAL CARE; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84886876497     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12202     Document Type: Article

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