Comprehensive geriatric assessment as an essential tool to register or update DNR codes in a tertiary care hospital.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of Do not Resuscitate (DNR) code registration in patients with a geriatric profile admitted to Antwerp University Hospital, a tertiary care hospital in Flanders, Belgium, and the impact of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) on DNR code registration.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective analysis of a population of 543 geriatric patients (mean age 82.4 ± 5.