Geriatric experience following cardiac arrest at Six Interventional Cardiology Centers in the United States 2006-2011: Interplay of age, do-not-resuscitate order, and outcomes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-295

  Seder, David B ^a,b   Patel, Nainesh ^c   McPherson, John ^d   McMullan, Paul ^e   Kern, Karl B ^f   Unger, Barbara ^a,g   Nanda, Sudip ^c   Hacobian, Melkon ^b   Kelley, Michael B ^d   Nielsen, Niklas ^a,h   Dziodzio, John ^b   Mooney, Michael ^g  

^a International Cardiac Arrest Registry (INTCAR)   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiac Arrest; Code Status; Do Not Resuscitate; Geriatric; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893252161     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a26ec6     Document Type: Article

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