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medical - bioethics
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Introduction: According to the American Heart Society, survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at hospital discharge is 25.8%. In both the medical and general population, multiple factors cause an overestimation of the effectiveness of CPR maneuvers.Methods: Observational cross-sectional study, through an online survey, the perception of medical students about survival after receiving CPR in an in-hospital setting was inquired. Additionally, it was asked if they would accept CPR in case of presenting cardiac arrest. Participants were then informed of actual survival rates and again asked if they would accept it.Results: 692 students were surveyed (78.9% of the target population), of which 61% considered that survival to hospital discharge after CPR was greater than 30%. Before knowing the real survival rates, 95.5% would accept CPR maneuvers, and after knowing the real survival rates, only 75.3% would accept that they be performed.Discussion: It is evident that the perception of survival after in-hospital CPR is overestimated by medical students, which can lead to affecting their medical criteria, in shared decision-making with patients. Additionally, it was confirmed that having adequate information about the result of an intervention changes the decision to accept it. Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Ethics,Clinical - Education, Medical - bioethics
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