In the immortal words of rock legend Jim Morrison, "No one here gets out alive." But more and more patients want some say in how they will leave. Historically, the healthcare profession has been slow ...

The FDA is asking medical device manufacturers to avoid giving purple wristbands to patients as an indicator they have an implanted device. This is to prevent confusion with the purple wristbands ...

Background: Ascertaining and documenting patients' preferences regarding endof-life care is required by accrediting organizations at hospital admission. However,hospitals vary widely in their methods ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning medical device manufacturers about a potentially deadly wristband mix-up. On Monday, the FDA issued a letter asking manufacturers to ...

Drs Naughton and Davis have written approvingly about the overall approach to discussing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status that I presented. 1 They accurately describe some of the additional ...

In a recent BMJ Open Quality journal article*, King’s College NHS Foundation Trust (London, UK) shares its path to a more unified electronic tool to document resuscitation decisions and treatment ...

A study of cardiology programs indicates that patients’ documented do-not-resuscitate (DNR) preferences are often suspended while they undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures.

An exploratory analysis of transfusion risk when initiating darbepoetin alfa (DA) therapy at baseline hemoglobin (Hb) 9 g/dl vs 9 to 10 g/dl versus ≥ 10 g/dl in patients (pts) with ...

The untimely death of a Connecticut nursing home resident in September was the result of mistakenly applying a roommate’s do-not-resuscitate order, alleges a lawsuit filed by that resident’s daughter ...

Black patients are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to receive documented end-of-life care during their final hospital stays, according to a new study of New York State hospitals. Racial ...