To assess the prevalence and implementation of 'do not resuscitate' orders, nowadays called 'do not attempt resuscitation' (DNAR) orders and living wills among patients suffering in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation was not initiated.A prospective survey of CA patients conducted in four secondary hospitals during 2000-2001. The information collected included the presence of DNAR and a living will and the patients sociodemographic and disease factors and the reasons for not initiating resuscitation when no DNAR order was present. Data on the resuscitated patients were collected according to the Utstein recommendations (analyzed and published separately) and used for comparison.During the study period, 1486 patients suffered CA without resuscitation being initiated. Data collection was successful in 1143 patients (77

作者：M B, Skrifvars；H M, Hilden；P, Finne；P H, Rosenberg；M, Castrén

来源：Resuscitation 2003 年 58卷 1期