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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with patients admitted to acute oncology wards: A national audit of current practice
- Source :
- European Journal of Cancer Care. 29
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES To map current practice regarding discussions around resuscitation across England and Scotland in patients with cancer admitted acutely to hospital and to demonstrate the value of medical students in rapidly collecting national audit data. METHODS Collaborators from the Macmillan medical student network collected data from 251 patient encounters across eight hospitals in England and Scotland. Data were collected to identify whether discussion regarding resuscitation was documented as having taken place during inpatient admission to acute oncology. As an audit standard, it was expected that all patients should be invited to discuss resuscitation within 24 hr of admission. RESULTS Resuscitation discussions were had in 43.1% of admissions and of these 64.0% were within 24 hr; 27.6% of all admissions. 6.5% of patients had a "do not attempt resuscitation" order prior to admission with a difference noted between patients receiving palliative and curative treatment (8.5% and 0.39%, respectively, p
- Subjects :
- Male
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation
Students, Medical
medicine.medical_treatment
Audit
Advance Care Planning
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neoplasms
Oncology Service, Hospital
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
In patient
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
National audit
Resuscitation Orders
Clinical Audit
business.industry
Communication
Data Collection
Professional-Patient Relations
Middle Aged
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Hospitalization
England
Scotland
Curative treatment
Current practice
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
End-of-life care
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652354 and 09615423
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ba197091085484323f4bb5360c0a672