Differences and Trends in DNR Among California Inpatients With Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 312-315

  Phadke, Anuradha ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84970045565     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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