Open AccessThe Vicissitude of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) Order During COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan – A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Naomi Morishita,
Kentaro Iwata
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s361582
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , covid-19 , logistic regression , demographics , pandemic , cohort , resuscitation , disease , demography , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Japan went through five surges of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or "waves". However, their impacts on the do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) of the patients are not known.