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Community‐Acquired Pneumonia and Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Author(s) -
Marrie Thomas J.,
Fine Michael J.,
Kapoor Wishwa N.,
Coley Christopher M.,
Singer Daniel E.,
Obrosky D. Scott
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50061.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , do not resuscitate , retrospective cohort study , do not resuscitate order , emergency medicine , pediatrics , community acquired pneumonia , cohort , intensive care medicine
From a cohort of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who required admission to hospital, to describe the subset of patients having a do not resuscitate (DNR) order and to compare them with those who did not have such an order.