Comprehensive geriatric assessment as an essential tool to register or update DNR codes in a tertiary care hospital Universiteit Antwerpen
PurposeTo investigate the prevalence of Do not Resuscitate (DNR) code registration in patients with a geriatric profile admitted to Antwerp University Hospital, a tertiary care hospital in Flanders, Belgium, and the impact of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) on DNR code registration. Patients and methodsRetrospective analysis of a population of 543 geriatric patients (mean age 82.4 +/- 5.19 years, 46.4% males) admitted to Antwerp ...