Asking a patient if they are “Full Code” often goes like this ... and offering recommendations to help guide a decision. Code status discussions truly embody the notion that medicine ...

Discussing code status is a critical part of the larger goals of care discussion. The challenge is that code status discussions often happen in emotional and high-stake situations. Our previous ...

Who would say no to this, especially in a hospital? The problem is that this exchange, which we call asking about “code status” in medicine, centers around a closed-ended question. Talking to ...

"Yes, it does," he said without hesitation. I immediately changed his status to full code in the electronic health record and notified his attending physician of the change. I also borrowed some ...

A “cheat sheet” to track residents’ code status has become a source of controversy in the case of a Minnesota man who died without being given CPR, according to local news sources.

Background: Patients want physicians to ascertain their wishes related to resuscitation, yet such discussions of “code status” are often delayed in the hospital setting, which compromises patient ...

We present the case of a person whose presumed code-status preference led him to tattoo “Do Not Resuscitate” on his chest. Paramedics brought an unconscious 70-year-old man with a history of ...