Randomized Trial of Myeloablative Conditioning Regimens: Busulfan Plus Cyclophosphamide Versus Busulfan Plus Fludarabine The focus groups included oncology clinicians who care for patients with ...

When working at the emergency department, residents usually sign up for acuity levels 1-3, unless level 4 or 5 is a pediatric patient. I would choose any level for the kids. On that day, I chose a ...

Communication interventions, including videos, are strongly associated with patient decisions regarding do-not-resuscitate code status and improve patient knowledge about resuscitation measures and ...

When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

As I was drowsily typing notes recently during an otherwise quiet afternoon in the medical intensive care unit, the resounding call on the overhead speaker snapped me awake: “CODE BLUE! Ground floor ...

We present the case of a person whose presumed code-status preference led him to tattoo “Do Not Resuscitate” on his chest. Paramedics brought an unconscious 70-year-old man with a history of chronic ...