Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults Over 80: Outcome and the Perception of Appropriateness by Clinicians.
Patrick DruwéDominique D BenoitKoenraad G MonsieursJames GaggShinji NakaharaEvan Avraham AlpertHans van SchuppenGábor ÉlőSofie A HuybrechtsNicolas MpotosLuc-Marie JolyTheodoros XanthosMarkus RoesslerPeter PaalMichael N CocchiConrad BjørsholJouni NurmiPascual Piñera SalmeronRadoslaw OwczukHildigunnur SvavarsdóttirDiana CimpoesuVioletta RaffayGal PachysPeter De PaepeRuth D Piersnull nullPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)
Our findings show that despite generally poor outcomes for older patients undergoing CPR, many emergency clinicians do not consider these attempts at resuscitation to be inappropriate. A professional and societal debate is urgently needed to ensure that first we do not harm older patients by futile CPR attempts. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:39-45, 2019.