Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST): Lessons learned from analysis of the Oregon POLST Registry

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 480-485

  Schmidt, Terri A ^a   Zive, Dana ^a   Fromme, Erik K ^a   Cook, Jennifer N B ^a   Tolle, Susan W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Emergency Medical Services (EMS); POLST; Registries; Resuscitation orders; Scope of treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895924196     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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