Only ‘one in five’ sick older patients has formal DNR decision at admission

Only around one in five very sick older patients has a ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) decision recorded at the time of their emergency admission to hospital, suggests a study at one large UK hospital. Researchers said this finding came despite such patients being at high…

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