BACKGROUND: Patient preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are important, especially during hospitalization when a patient’s health is changing, yet many patients are not adequately informed or involved in the decision-making process.
OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of an informational video about CPR on hospitalized patients’ code status choices.
DESIGN: This was a prospective, randomized trial conducted at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Minneapolis.
PARTICIPANTS: We enrolled 119 patients who were hospitalized on the general medicine service and at least 65 years old. The majority were men (97%) with a mean age of 75.
INTERVENTION: A video described code status choices: full code (CPR and intubation if required), do not resuscitate (DNR), and do not resuscitate/do not intubate (DNR/DNI). Participants were randomized to watch the video (n = 59) or usual care (n = 60).
MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was participants’ code status preferences. Secondary outcomes included a questionnaire designed to evaluate participants’ trust in their health care team and their knowledge and perceptions about CPR.
RESULTS: Participants who viewed the video were less likely to choose full code (37%), compared with participants in the usual-care group (71%), and were more likely to choose DNR/DNI (56% in the video group vs. 17% in the control group) (P < .00001). We did not see a difference in trust in their health care team or knowledge and perceptions about CPR as assessed by our questionnaire.
CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalized patients who watched a video about CPR and code status choices were less likely to choose full code and more likely to choose DNR/DNI.
Also in JHM this month
Influenza season hospitalization trends in Israel: A multi-year comparative analysis 2005/2006 through 2012/2013
AUTHORS: Aharona Glatman-Freedman, MD, MPH, Zalman Kaufman, MS, Yaniv Stein, BS, Hanna Sefty, MS, Hila Zadka, PhD, Barak Gordon, MD, MHA, Jill Meron, BSc, Ethel-Sherry Gordon, PhD, Rita Dichtiar, BSc, Ziona Haklai, MSc, Arnon Afek, MD, Tamy Shohat, MD, MPH
Appropriate reconciliation of cardiovascular medications after elective surgery and postdischarge acute hospital and ambulatory visits
AUTHORS: Jonathan S. Lee, MD, Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, Eric Vittinghoff, PhD, Kitty K. Corbett, PhD, MPH, Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, Neil Sehgal, MD, MPH, Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH
Patterns and appropriateness of thrombophilia testing in an academic medical center
AUTHORS: Nicholas Cox, PharmD, Stacy A. Johnson, MD, Sara Vazquez, PharmD, Ryan P. Fleming, PharmD, BCPS, Matthew T. Rondina, MD, David Kaplan, MD, Stephanie Chauv, PharmD, Gabriel V. Fontaine, PharmD, Scott M. Stevens, MD, Scott Woller, MD, Daniel M. Witt, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP
National trends (2007-2013) of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with septic shock: Impact on outcome
AUTHORS: Kshitij Chatterjee, MD, Abhinav Goyal, MD, Aditya Chada, MD, Krishna Siva Sai Kakkera, MD, Howard L Corwin, MD
Blood products provided to patients receiving inappropriate critical care
AUTHORS: Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS, Alyssa Ziman, MD, Neil S. Wenger, MD, MPH
