Arch Intern Med
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The attitudes of hospitalized patients and their attending physicians about advance directives have not been well studied. We compared these attitudes and explored relationships between them and the frequency of actual directives and directive discussions during hospitalization. ⋯ Most medical inpatients in a community hospital want to, are able to, and meet their own physicians' indications to discuss advance directives. Hospitalization presents an unrealized opportunity for physicians and patients to initiate these discussions.
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Review Historical Article
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Historical perspectives, physiology, and future directions.
To review the historical evolution and rationale for the development of new techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ Improved methods of CPR are now available. Selective use of CPR in the hospital and community training in the use of these new adjunctive techniques should have the greatest impact on improved survival after sudden cardiac arrest.