Dementia in resuscitation policy: a prospective study of a psychogeriatric ward in a Dutch general teaching hospital.

Abstract:

:Resuscitation decisions during the first 6 weeks were analysed for 97 admissions to a psychogeriatric ward of a general teaching hospital. Seventy-seven patients (79%) had a written 'do not resuscitate' (DNR) order on admission and 74 patients (875) had a written DNR order after 6 weeks. Morbidity was assessed with a pre-arrest morbidity (PAM) index and a modified PAM index (MPI). Dementia influenced the presence of a DNR order, both because lack of effectiveness of CPR and lack of quality of life. Age was related to a DNR order. The MPI was associated with the presence of a written DNR order, while the PAM score failed to reach significance. Six weeks after admission DNR orders were predictable by the four variables of dementia, the use of antidepressants, age and PAM, in that order. The association of the use of antidepressants with the presence of a written DNR order was surprising. The use of antidepressants is not the same as the diagnosis of depression. Because of the design, our results cannot permit any conclusion whether depression acts as an additional factor considered in decision-making in psychogeriatric patients. We suggest that depression and its correlates should be considered in discussions and studies about DNR.

journal_name

Age Ageing

journal_title

Age and ageing

authors

Dautzenberg PL,Hooyer C,Schonwetter RS,Dermout KM,vd Veer JK,Duursma SA

doi

10.1093/ageing/25.3.234

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-05-01 00:00:00

pages

234-8

issue

3

eissn

0002-0729

issn

1468-2834

journal_volume

25

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