Deteriorating patients managed with end-of-life care following Medical Emergency Team calls

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-254

  Orosz, J ^a   Bailey, M ^b   Bohensky, M ^c   Gold, M ^a   Zalstein, S ^d,e   Pilcher, D ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life issues; Ethics; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896828405     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12350     Document Type: Article

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