oddissy4u
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An elderly patient with irreversible respiratory disease is in the intensive care unit where repeated efforts to wean him from ventilatory support have been unsuccessful. There is general agreement among the health care team that he could not survive outside of an intensive care setting. The patient has requested antibiotics should he develop an infection and CPR if he has a cardiac arrest.
Should a distinction be made between the interventions requested by the patient?
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| dravedon
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I would say no,because this patient has not requested or given consent to a DNR note,so every effort should be made to keep him/her alive even with a poor prognosis.
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| jamdoc
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i think he should be treated
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