Karthik J Kota, Catherine Chen, Renu George, Samantha Nagengast, Andrew Azab, Raman Bhalla, Payal Dave, Stephanie Ji, Ibiyonu Lawrence, Jay Naik, Sofiul Noman, Payal Parikh, Manish Patel, Sheetal Patel, Stephen O Priest, James Prister, Daniel Schaer, Christina Theodorou Ross, Rohan V Shah, Paul Duberstein, Michael B Steinberg
BACKGROUND: Decisions regarding resuscitation after cardiac arrest are critical from ethical, patient satisfaction, outcome, and healthcare cost standpoints. Physician-reported discussion barriers include topic discomfort, fear of time commitment, and difficulty articulating end-of-life concepts. The influence of language used in these discussions has not been tested. This study explored whether utilizing the alternate term "allow (a) natural death" changed code status decisions in hospitalized patients versus "do not resuscitate" (DNR)...
March 5, 2024: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society