Resuscitation preferences in community patients with heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the resuscitation preferences of patients with heart failure, how they may change over the course of the disease, and their association with mortality.

Methods and results

We enrolled consecutive Southeastern Minnesota residents with heart failure from October 2007 through September 2011 into a longitudinal study. Information on resuscitation preferences (Full Code or do-not-resuscitate [DNR]) was obtained from medical records through April 1, 2013. Of 608 patients enrolled, 237 died during follow-up. At enrollment, most patients (73.4%) were Full Code, whereas at death, most (78.5%) were DNR. The independent predictors of DNR status at enrollment were advanced age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, previous malignancy, and decreased mob

SUBMITTER: Dunlay SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4034357 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature