Do-Not-ResuscitateDecision-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Teaching Hospital: Lessons Learned for the Future

Table 6

Qualitative codes extracted from participants’ responses in descending order of the frequency (times mentioned between brackets) that it was mentioned by the participants regarding the use of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI).

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Familiarity with the use of the score via

 COVID ward [8]

 Clinical studies [7]

 Intensive care unit [4]

 Geriatrics [2]

 Emergency department [2]

 Oncology [2]

 Preoperative assessment [1]

Positive aspects of the score

 Useful and guiding in DNR decision-making [8]

 Reliable [6]

 Objective [4]

 Representative [3]

Negative aspects of the score

 Poor representation of current clinical condition/limited reliability for short-term relevance [6]

 Severity of comorbidity is not always taken into consideration [4]

 Outdated/irrelevant for current practice [3]

 Difficult to handle [3]

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