RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The value of history and goals of care with code status; even in an emergency setting
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2012006962
DO 10.1136/bcr-2012-006962
VO 2013
A1 Affan Irfan
A1 Siddharth Hublikar
A1 Jae Hyung Cho
A1 John Hill
YR 2013
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2012-006962.abstract
AB This is a case report involving an elderlyJehovah's Witness woman with a history of chronic anaemia who suffers cardiac arrest and is resuscitated. This case illustrates, even in an emergency setting, (1) the value of obtaining relevant history, (2) addressing code status within the framework of achievable goals of care and (3) the need to revise both history and goals of care, as more information becomes available. We also propose aspects of this discussion that would benefit from future research.