Association of early withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy for perceived neurological prognosis with mortality after cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-135

  Elmer, Jonathan ^a   Torres, Cesar ^b   Aufderheide, Tom P ^c   Austin, Michael A ^d,n   Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Golan, Eyal ^e,f   Herren, Heather ^b   Jasti, Jamie ^c   Kudenchuk, Peter J ^g   Scales, Damon C ^h,i   Stub, Dion ^j,k   Richardson, Derek K ^l   Zive, Dana M ^m  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NONE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Neurological prognosis; Prognostication; Resuscitation; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84958576886     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.01.016     Document Type: Article

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