Background: Cardiac arrest on the wards may be preceded by unmet palliative care needs, including advance care planning and specialty palliative consultation that can seek to align patients’ prognoses and goals for care. Identification of hospitalized patients with limited life expectancy allows for the delivery of appropriate palliative interventions. However, the prognosis on admission of [...]

Background: Although code status discussion does not routinely happen at hospitals in Japan, many people reportedly start to think of their end of life issue and would like to express it, according to questionnaire survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. There has been no report which focuses on prevalence of do-not-resuscitate [...]

Background: Code status discussions often link do-not-intubate (DNI) orders with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, although cardiac arrest accounts for less than 2% of endotracheal intubations. DNR orders are more commonly implemented for older patients with more comorbid conditions regardless of the reason for hospitalization, and are associated with withholding treatments outside of the cardiac arrest setting. [...]

Background: Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are intended to allow patients to forgo cardiopulmonary resuscitate (CPR) in the event of cardiac arrest. They are applied to cases of cardiac arrest, and they cannot be applied to any situation other than cardiac arrest. However, prior studies have shown that the presence of DNR orders led to changes in treatment [...]

Background: Hospitalization of the patient with advanced cancer can be a pivotal moment and opportunity to explore patient goals of care in order to deliver high value, patient-centered care that emphasizes quality of life. Part of this discussion should define patient preferences regarding code status as it is known that prognosis is extremely poor and [...]

Background: End of life discussion is very important for preventing undesired cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It is reportedly associated with less aggressive medical care near death and better quality of life. Its importance has been gradually recognized worldwide. However, the compliance of a Do-not-Resuscitate (DNR) order has not been well studied. We reported the incidence rate [...]