title: Documentation of resuscitation status in an ambulatory palliative care population: results of a prospective observational study from a tertiary cancer care centre in Pakistan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It was observed in our hospital that a lot of patients with advanced progressive disease were being seen in the palliative care clinics without documentation of their resuscitation status.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the documentation of resuscitation in patients referred to palliative care clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of medical records of patients referred to the palliative care clinic was done looking for evidence of documentation of code status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 77 of the 316 patients seen in clinic during this period had any documentation of code status. More than half of these had been referred by the internists who had documented the code status as well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As a result of the study, we have introduced changes aimed at ensuring better documentation of resuscitation status.
authors.affiliation: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan. haroonh@skm.org.pk
authors.forename: Haroon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hafeez
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.lastname: Sheikh Moeen ul Haq
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004282:Documentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D019370:Observation; D010154:Pakistan; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D055815:Young Adult