Resident physicians spend only about 10 minutes discussing code status with each patient, while attending physicians devote roughly one minute of discussion with patients.

Code status discussions should not take place in the emergency room. Palliative care doctors are highly trained to conduct this kind of conversation.

One particularly unsettling aspect is the “code status” discussion, in which patients decide whether or not to have invasive measures performed if they are needed during an emergency.

Pre-intervention, code status was addressed in 33% of total patients interviewed during their annual physical visit. Post intervention, code status was addressed in 48% of the patients. Conclusions: ...

Background: Patients want physicians to ascertain their wishes related to resuscitation, yet such discussions of “code status” are often delayed in the hospital setting, which compromises patient ...

Goals-of-care discussions often occur too late for patients with poor-prognosis, high-risk acute myeloid leukemia, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Although most people want their physicians to discuss resuscitation or “code status” with them, these discussions are often fraught with difficulty and delay in the hospital setting. Dr. Betty ...

Discussing code status is a critical part of the larger goals of care discussion. The challenge is that code status discussions often happen in emotional and high-stake situations. Our previous ...

Communication interventions, including videos, are strongly associated with patient decisions regarding do-not-resuscitate code status and improve patient knowledge about resuscitation measures ...

We facilitated two focus groups to explore clinicians' knowledge and practice related to addressing code status in patients with incurable malignancies. We also assessed their perceptions about the ...

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We present the case of a person whose presumed code-status preference led him to tattoo “Do Not Resuscitate” on his chest. Paramedics brought an unconscious 70-year-old man with a history of ...