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Do-not-resuscitate orders in intensive care units : current practices and recent changes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol. 270, n° 18, 1993, pages 2213-2217, 50 réf., ISSN 0098-7484, USA
JAYES (R.L.), ZIMMERMAN (J.E.), WAGNER (D.P.), DRAPER (E.A.), KNAUS (W.A.)
George Washington univ medical cent. Dep medicine. Washington DC. USA
Objectives.-To describe the characteristics of patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and the frequency and timing of these orders in a representative sample of intensive care units (ICUs) and to compare practices from 1980 to 1990.
Design.-Prospective inception cohort.
Setting.-A total of 42 ICUs in 40 US hospitals with 200 or more beds; 26 randomly selected hospitals and 14 large, tertiary care hospitals that volunteered to be studied.
Participants.-A consecutive sample of 17440 ICU admissions from 1988 to 1990.
Measurements.-Patient demographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, disease, and physiological abnormalities.
Mots-clés BDSP : Homme, Réanimation, Malade, Acharnement thérapeutique
Mots-clés Pascal : Homme, Etude statistique, Unité soin intensif, Réanimation, Indication, Malade, Abandon traitement, Autodétermination, Acharnement thérapeutique
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Human, Statistical study, Intensive care unit, Resuscitation, Indication, Patient
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Code Inist : 002B27C. Création : 199406.
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