Quality of dying in the ICU: is it worse for patients admitted from the hospital ward compared to those admitted from the emergency department?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1688-1697

  Long, Ann C ^a   Kross, Erin K ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Downey, Lois ^a   Nielsen, Elizabeth L ^a   Back, Anthony L ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life care; Intensive care; Palliative care; Quality of dying

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; WARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84919624185     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3425-2     Document Type: Article

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