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2890818

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8569
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
Discussion of the case of a patient admitted to hospital with decompensated diabetes revealed a conflict in attitudes to resuscitation of the patient from that disorder and from cardiac arrest. A survey was sent to 200 diabetologists and 200 cardiologists in the United Kingdom, asking about their management of diabetes and their therapeutic approaches to cardiac arrest for 3 elderly patients admitted with severe decompensated diabetes. The response rate was poor (27%) but the answers showed that all 3 patients were more likely to be resuscitated from decompensated diabetes than from cardiac arrest. Possible reasons for a different approach to the two conditions are discussed, and suggestions are put forward for a greater involvement by patients in decisions about future resuscitation.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1192-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Interpreting survival rates for the treatment of decompensated diabetes: are we saving too many lives?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Whittington Hospital, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports