Do not resuscitate decisions: flogging dead horses or a dignified death? Resuscitation should not be withheld from elderly people without discussion.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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Corrections and comments

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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Sound clinical reasons for withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation must not be confused with ageism.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Not discussing decisions is often because of practicalities, not ageism.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. We need a consistent message.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Doctors must always act in their patients' best interests.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Inadequacies of palliative care system need to be tackled.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. All -isms are intolerable.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Rigid discussion process before making these decisions may cause distress.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Resuscitation should not be part of every death.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Focus should be on offering treatments appropriate to diagnosis and regardless of age.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Without discussion, these orders are unethical at any age.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. Cardiopulmonary resuscitations seems to be exempt from scrutiny of evidence based medicine.2001
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  Do not resuscitate decisions. More consumer education and involvement are needed.2001

Authors and funding

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