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Determining Decision Thresholds For Physicians And Parents For Instituting A Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Order For Pediatric Inhospital Cardiac Arrest Patients. A Cross-Sectional Study Of Parents And Physicians In The United States

2026-02-18 pediatrics Title + abstract only
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Background and ObjectivesDecision-making about resuscitating a critically ill child is complex yet common. We aimed to study the survival thresholds at which physicians, compared to parents, decide to treat or withhold resuscitating a child. Moreover, we aimed to compare physicians survival estimates with those from a nationwide registry. MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey-based study in the United States. Clinical vignettes based on hypothetical survival probabilities were used to st...

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