Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in continuing care settings: time for a rethink?

BMJ. 2006 Feb 25;332(7539):479-82. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.479.

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is rarely successful in people who are old or frail, but current policy guidance fails to take this into account

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / ethics
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / mortality
  • Continuity of Patient Care
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Emergency Treatment / mortality
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Harm Reduction
  • Humans
  • Patient Rights
  • Survival Analysis