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  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Palliative Care

Background:

  • Resuscitation decisions are critical for patient satisfaction, outcomes, and healthcare costs.
  • Physicians face barriers in discussing end-of-life care, including topic discomfort and time constraints.
  • The impact of specific language on resuscitation discussions remains under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if using "allow a natural death" as an alternative to "do not resuscitate" (DNR) influences code status decisions in hospitalized patients.
  • To compare patient satisfaction and discussion duration between the two phrasing groups.

Main Methods:

  • 102 English-speaking patients aged 65+ admitted to a general medicine teaching service were randomized.
  • Participants engaged in resuscitation discussions using either "do not resuscitate" (DNR) or "allow a natural death" phrasing.
  • Outcomes measured included resuscitation decision, conversation satisfaction and duration, and correlation with illness severity.

Main Results:

  • The overall "no code" rate was 16.7% (13% DNR vs. 20.4% "allow natural death"), with no significant difference between groups (p=0.35).
  • Discussion length (3.9 vs. 4.9 minutes) and patient satisfaction (>90% in both arms) were similar and not significantly different.
  • Previously reported barriers to code status discussions were not encountered.

Conclusions:

  • The phrasing "allow a natural death" did not alter "no code" rates compared to DNR discussions.
  • Code status discussions were brief and highly satisfactory for patients, irrespective of the terminology used.
  • Screening code status is appropriate for all hospitalized patients, regardless of the specific language employed.