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Resuscitation decisions in the elderly: a discussion of current thinking.

Decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be based on medical prognosis, quality of life and patients' choices. Low survival rates indicate its overuse. Although the concept of medical futility has limitations, several strong predictors of non-survival have been identified and prognosti...

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Main Author: Bruce-Jones, P N
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1996
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1377061/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8910781
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