The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions About Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

This Viewpoint emphasizes the importance of advanced care planning and goals-of-care discussions with older patients and those with chronic disease during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), given the likelihood these patients could become critically ill and require resuscitation and advan...

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Published in:	JAMA 2020-05, Vol.323 (18), p.1771-1772
Main Authors:	Curtis, J. Randall, Kross, Erin K, Stapleton, Renee D
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Advance Care Planning Advanced Cardiac Life Support Age Factors Betacoronavirus Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Chronic Disease Clinical Decision-Making Consent Forms - standards Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - transmission Coronaviruses COVID-19 CPR Humans Informed Consent - standards Medical Futility Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - transmission Resuscitation Resuscitation Orders SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Third-Party Consent Viral diseases
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Summary:	This Viewpoint emphasizes the importance of advanced care planning and goals-of-care discussions with older patients and those with chronic disease during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), given the likelihood these patients could become critically ill and require resuscitation and advanced life support if they became infected with SARS-CoV-2.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598