Interviewing 100 patients or their surrogates in the ICU, 85% of whom were "full code," Gehlbach et al found 16% of patients' code status in the chart did not correlate with their expressed preferences during the interview (10 wanted less care, 6 wanted more).
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Code status & patient expectations -- reality…
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Interviewing 100 patients or their surrogates in the ICU, 85% of whom were "full code," Gehlbach et al found 16% of patients' code status in the chart did not correlate with their expressed preferences during the interview (10 wanted less care, 6 wanted more).