Dr Indunil Gunawardena - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:10:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Indunil Gunawardena - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 Do we have unnecessary discussions about resuscitation? https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/do-we-have-unnecessary-discussions-about-resuscitation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-we-have-unnecessary-discussions-about-resuscitation Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/do-we-have-unnecessary-discussions-about-resuscitation/ Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is undoubtedly an important form of medical therapy that has saved many lives. However, as clinicians we come across situations in which resuscitation would clearly not benefit the patient. Therefore, in the patient's best interest, we make a decision not to attempt resucitation. By best interest, we mean protecting the dignity of the patient by avoiding futile resuscitation attempts.

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