Zhenshao Zhong

TL;DR: Recommendable clinical prediction criteria are not effective in identifying a population with a survival prognosis of 6 months or less among seriously ill hospitalized patients with 1 of 3 commonly fatal chronic diseases.

TL;DR: Many are calling for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to receive hospice care, but the traditional hospice model may be insufficient.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a logistic regression model to determine the extent to which older or seriously ill inpatients would prefer to have their family and physician make resuscitation decisions for them rather than having their own stated preferences followed if they were unable to decide themselves.

TL;DR: To characterize chronic obstructive pulmonary disease over patients' last 6 months of life, a large number of patients diagnosed with COPD have had at least one episode of central giant cell granuloma.

TL;DR: The data suggest that a resuscitation attempt is more likely when preferred by patients and when death is least expected, and variation in use of CPR among sites and for patients with different diagnoses, race, sex, or age.