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i read one place said: DNR: No CPR but incubate Ok! is it true?
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preethikallu
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no, false
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drvic
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DNR is Do Not Resuscitate. usually given as advance directives for somebody known to be in terminal stages of a chronic disabling illness which is not going to have improved survival by any form of medical therapy. these patients are explained about their illness and they may make this decision in advance. so these patients are considered "medically futile" that is no treatment or intervention, even CPR and intubation, is going to help them much in the long term. so DNR status means that you will only provide palliative care to the patient to make their last moments more comfortable (like giving morphine if they are in significant pain), but you are not supposed to attempt ANY form of resuscitation, be it CPR or intubation. this is what DNR implies by definition
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