Background: In particular older people are at risk of mortality due to corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Advance care planning is essential assist patient autonomy and prevent non-beneficial medical interventions. Aim: To describe early (taken within 72 h after hospital admission) resuscitation orders in oldest-old hospitalized with COVID-19. Setting/participants: A cohort patients aged 80 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage of deaths in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) attributed to do not resuscitate (DNR) orders, and to compare our DNR practice with the international experience. METHODS Retrospective chart review of all children less than 14 years of age who died in the PICU at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 2...

BACKGROUND The outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of residents of long-term care facilities is poor. However, only about one half of residents of long term care facilities have a do not resuscitate (DNR) order. The remainder usually have resuscitation by order or by default policy. Understanding predictors of DNR may help clinicians address end-of-life issues with the older long-term care...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with not attempting resuscitation. METHODS A cross-sectional study conducted at the emergency department of a teaching hospital. The sample consisted of 285 patients; in that, 216 were submitted to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 69 were not. The data were collected by means of the in-hospital Utstein Style. To compare resuscitation attempts with var...

BACKGROUND Japan has no official guidelines for do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. Therefore, we investigated the effect of DNR orders on physician decision making in relation to performing noncardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and CPR procedures. METHODS A case-scenario-based questionnaire that included a case of advanced cancer, a case of advanced dementia, and a case of nonadvanced heart fa...