Is early DNR a self-fulfilling prophecy for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 342-346

  Jain, A ^a   Jain, M ^a   Bellolio, M F ^b   Schears, R M ^b   Rabinstein, A A ^b   Ganti, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Do not resuscitate orders; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890553628     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9878-2     Document Type: Article

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