Open AccessStability of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Hospitalized Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study*
Author(s) -
Anuj Mehta,
Allan J. Walkey,
Douglas CurranEverett,
Daniel D. Matlock,
Ivor S. Douglas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004726
Subject(s) - medicine , do not resuscitate , do not resuscitate order , quartile , odds ratio , odds , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , logistic regression , cohort , intensive care medicine , confidence interval
Prior work has shown substantial between-hospital variation in do-not-resuscitate orders, but stability of do-not-resuscitate preferences between hospitalizations and the institutional influence on do-not-resuscitate reversals are unclear. We determined the extent of do-not-resuscitate reversals between hospitalizations and the association of the readmission hospital with do-not-resuscitate reversal.