Quality of resuscitation orders in general medical patients
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Quality of resuscitation orders in general medical patients.
BACKGROUND Documentation of resuscitation status in hospitalized patients has relevance in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest. Its association with mortality, Length Of hospital Stay (LOS) and the patients' primary diagnosis has not been established in general medical inpatients in hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. AIM To investigate the association of resuscitation orders with in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr137