Determining resuscitation preferences of elderly inpatients: a review of the literature

C Frank, DK Heyland, B Chen, D Farquhar, K Myers… - Cmaj, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT DISCUSSIONS with elderly hospital patients about
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) preferences occur infrequently and have variable …

Preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation among patients 80 years or older: the views of patients and their physicians

H O'Donnell, RS Phillips, N Wenger, J Teno… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To describe the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) preferences of
hospitalized patients aged 80 and older. To examine physicians' perceptions of their …

Resuscitation decision making in the elderly: the value of outcome data

RS Schonwetter, RM Walker, DR Kramer… - Journal of General …, 1993 - Springer
Objective: To assess the relationship between cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
information and desire for CPR in an elderly population and to determine the influence of …

The effect of hospital admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation

DR Watson, TJ Wilkinson, R Sainsbury… - Age and …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Objective: to determine (i) if the opinions of elderly people, regarding their wish for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), change after staying in hospital,(ii) how much elderly …

Physician understanding of patient resuscitation preferences: insights and clinical implications

NS Wenger, RS Phillips, JM Teno… - Journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To describe physician understanding of patient preferences concerning
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to assess the relationship of physician …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of the probability of survival on patients' preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation

DJ Murphy, D Burrows, S Santilli… - … England Journal of …, 1994 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Studies suggest that a majority of elderly patients would want to undergo
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if they had a cardiac arrest. Yet few studies have …

A prospective study of patient‐physician communication about resuscitation

CE Golin, NS Wenger, H Liu… - Journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prospectively seriously ill patients' characteristics, perceptions,
and preferences associated with discussing resuscitation (CPR) with their physicians …

Older people's reasoning for resuscitation preferences and their role in the decision-making process

ML Laakkonen, KH Pitkala, TE Strandberg, S Berglind… - Resuscitation, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES:: To investigate older patients' reasoning for their cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) preferences and the related decision-making process (DMP) …

Patients who want their family and physician to make resuscitation decisions for them: Observations from SUPPORT and HELP

CM Puchalski, Z Zhong, MM Jacobs… - Journal of the …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which older or seriously ill inpatients would prefer to
have their family and physician make resuscitation decisions for them rather than having …

What factors influence patient preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

GE Mead, ST O'Keeffe, CIA Jack… - Journal of the Royal …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of medical and non-medical factors on
the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) preferences of patients, to determine which of them …