Liddle J, Gilleard C, Neil A
St. George's Hospital, London.
J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1994 May-Jun;28(3):228-9.
Little was previously known of the factors that may influence patients and relatives when asked to make decisions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Attitudes towards resuscitation in general appear to influence the wishes of elderly patients and their relatives for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Knowledge of the procedure involved in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and its success rate and the patients' sex and health status do not influence their wishes.
此前,对于在要求患者及其亲属就心肺复苏做出决定时可能影响他们的因素,人们了解甚少。总体而言,对复苏的态度似乎会影响老年患者及其亲属对心肺复苏的意愿。对心肺复苏所涉及的程序及其成功率的了解,以及患者的性别和健康状况,并不会影响他们的意愿。