Aligning patient values and code status: Choice of Diction's Effect (CODE) study.
Karthik J KotaCatherine ChenRenu GeorgeSamantha NagengastAndrew AzabRaman BhallaPayal DaveStephanie JiIbiyonu LawrenceJay NaikSofiul NomanPayal ParikhManish PatelSheetal PatelStephen O PriestJames PristerDaniel SchaerChristina Theodorou RossRohan V ShahPaul R DubersteinMichael B SteinbergPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Participants' code status discussions did not differ in "no code" rate between "allow natural death" and DNR arms but were short in length and had high patient satisfaction. Previously reported code status discussion barriers were not encountered. It is appropriate to screen code status in all hospitalized patients regardless of phrasing used.