Views of elderly patients and their relatives on cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 25 June 1994
- Vol. 308 (6945) , 1677-1678
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6945.1677a
Abstract
We interviewed 100 alert patients (abbreviated mental test score at least 8 out of 10: mean age 80.4 years; 62 women) and their legal next of kin. All were interviewed individually in private by a doctor unknown to them. The main diagnoses were; angina (28), chest infection (22), heart failure (8), stroke (8), cancer (6), miscellaneous (28). The median length of stay was 22 days (range 0-89). Patients were aware of their diagnoses and were interviewed when the acute illness was over. No patient was imminently expected to die.Keywords
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