Revisiting code status in patients undergoing GI endoscopy with a “do not resuscitate” order

Patients with a do not resuscitate (DNR) order may go through relatively invasive procedures such as surgery or endoscopy for symptom control. Although there is a robust body of literature on revisiting DNR orders before surgical procedures, there is a scarcity of literature discussing this issue for endoscopy.1,2 We identified this gap after a clinical ethics consultation with the GI clinic team at one of the healthcare institutions affiliated with the Centre for Clinical Ethics.

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