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Development of a tool for defining and identifying the dying patient in hospital: Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL)

OBJECTIVE: To develop a screening tool to identify elderly patients at the end of life and quantify the risk of death in hospital or soon after discharge for to minimise prognostic uncertainty and avoid potentially harmful and futile treatments. DESIGN: Narrative literature review of definitions, to...

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Autores principales: Cardona-Morrell, Magnolia, Hillman, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25613983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000770