The rate of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts in patients with high disease
burden and frailty has been increasing since the early 2000’s despite the known poor
1-year functional recovery rate in these patients. These heroic measures have the
potential to lead to not only increased emotional strain on patients and their families
but also could lead to greater rates of burnout among emergency physicians and emergency
department staff. This international multi-center cross sectional survey was conducted
to evaluate whether moral distress caused by the frequent perception of inappropriate
resuscitation efforts was associated with the intention to leave the job amongst clinicians
in the emergency department.
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