Discussing Code Status-Balancing Obligations to Respect Patient Autonomy While Avoiding Harm.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.0062
Abstract: This essay describes a physician’s experience of completing medical education and postgraduate clinical training in Ireland vs adjusting to residency in the US. read more here.
Keywords: status balancing; respect patient; obligations respect; balancing obligations ... See more keywords
The intersection of prognostication and code status in patients with severe brain injury.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.153997
Abstract: Accurately estimating the prognosis of brain injury patients can be difficult, especially early in their course. Prognostication is important because it largely determines the care level we provide, from aggressive treatment for patients we predict… read more here.
Keywords: prognostication; code status; brain injury;
Evaluation of a Mastery Learning Intervention on Hospitalists' Code Status Discussion Skills.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.12.341
Abstract: CONTEXT Although code status discussions (CSD) occur frequently in the hospital setting, discussions often lack content necessary for informed decision making. Simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) has been used to improve clinical skills among resident physicians… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; mastery learning; intervention hospitalists; code status ... See more keywords
Change in Code Status Orders of Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 Throughout the Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0578
Abstract: Aim: Our aim was to examine how code status orders for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 changed over time as the pandemic progressed and outcomes improved. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed at a single… read more here.
Keywords: status orders; retrospective cohort; study; code ... See more keywords
841: MORE THAN ONE IN THREE ICU PROXIES DO NOT KNOW THEIR LOVED ONE’S CURRENT CODE STATUS
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DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000528850.25699.5b
Abstract: Critical Care Medicine • Volume 46 • Number 1 (Supplement) www.ccmjournal.org Learning Objectives: The majority of ICU patients lack decisionmaking capacity at some point during their ICU stay. However the extent to which proxy decision-makers… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; code; code status; actual code ... See more keywords
Role of a rapid response system and code status discussion as determinants of prognosis for critical inpatients
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000026856
Abstract: Abstract Rapid response systems (RRS) have been introduced worldwide to reduce unpredicted in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and in-hospital mortality. The role of advance care planning (ACP) in the management of critical patients has not yet… read more here.
Keywords: status; number; code status; status discussion ... See more keywords
TRIAD VIII: Nationwide Multicenter Evaluation to Determine Whether Patient Video Testimonials Can Safely Help Ensure Appropriate Critical Versus End-of-Life Care
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DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000357
Abstract: Objective End-of-life interventions should be predicated on consensus understanding of patient wishes. Written documents are not always understood; adding a video testimonial/message (VM) might improve clarity. Goals of this study were to (1) determine baseline… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; life; consensus; code status ... See more keywords
TRIAD IX: Can a Patient Testimonial Safely Help Ensure Prehospital Appropriate Critical Versus End-of-Life Care?
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DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000387
Abstract: Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Objective The present study sought to assess the clarity of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) or Living Will (LW) documents alone or in combination with a… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; code status; resuscitation; care ... See more keywords
Advanced care planning, code status and end‐of‐life care in patients with bullous pemphigoid
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DOI: 10.1111/bjd.20606
Abstract: Advance care planning (ACP) and code status (CS) discussions may enhance outcomes among patients with serious illness.1 Despite growing evidence for the benefits of ACP and CS, utilization patterns remain under-evaluated for dermatoses associated with… read more here.
Keywords: code status; bullous pemphigoid; end life; care ... See more keywords
Association of medical futility with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) code status in hospitalised patients
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106977
Abstract: Guidelines recommend a ‘do-not-resuscitate’ (DNR) code status for inpatients in which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts are considered futile because of low probability of survival with good neurological outcome. We retrospectively assessed the prevalence of DNR… read more here.
Keywords: dnr code; futility; code status; code ... See more keywords
Communication of Code Status Escalation for Nurses and Physicians in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Study
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DOI: 10.1177/08445621221099117
Abstract: Background Interprofessional teams working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care for patients requiring varying degrees of life sustaining therapy. A patient's code status can help clinicians to understand the appropriate life support measures to… read more here.
Keywords: communication; care; study; code ... See more keywords