American Heart Association: No Evidence Blanket 'Do-Not-Resuscitate' Orders for COVID-19 Patients are Necessary
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020
DALLAS, Texas, May 23 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
It's inappropriate to consider blanket do-not-resuscitate orders for COVID-19 patients because adequate data is not yet available on U.S. survival rates for in-hospital resuscitation of COVID-19 patients and data from China may not relate to U.S. patients, according to a new article published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.
It's inappropriate to consider blanket do-not-resuscitate orders for COVID-19 patients because adequate data is not yet available on U.S. survival rates for in-hospital resuscitation of COVID-19 patients and data from China may not relate to U.S. patients, according to a new article published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.