Pre-existing risk factors for in-hospital death among older patients could be used to initiate end-of-life discussions rather than Rapid Response System calls: A case-control study

Resuscitation

Volumn 109, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-80

  Cardona Morrell, Magnolia ^a   Chapman, Amanda ^b   Turner, Robin M ^a   Lewis, Ebony ^a   Gallego Luxan, Blanca ^c   Parr, Michael ^a,b   Hillman, Ken ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control studies; End of life; Hospital rapid response team; In hospital mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; OLIGURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRAILTY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84994060572     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.09.031     Document Type: Article

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