The Worst is Yet to Come. Many Elderly Patients with Chronic Terminal Illnesses Will Eventually Die in the Emergency Department

Overview

Journal Intensive Care Med

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2010 Mar 16

PMID 20229043

Citations 7

Authors

Erwin J O Kompanje

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