Open Access<p>Early DNR Order and Long-Term Prognosis Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure: Single-Center Cohort Study in Japan</p>
Author(s) -
Eiji Hiraoka,
Junya Arai,
Shunsuke Kojima,
Yasuhiro Norisue,
Toshihiko Suzuki,
Yosuke Homma,
Osamu Takahashi,
Kotaro Obunai,
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s252651
Subject(s) - medicine , do not resuscitate , logistic regression , heart failure , cohort , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , multivariate analysis , single center , emergency medicine , cohort study , intensive care medicine
An early do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order is classified as such when it occurs within 24 hours of admission. Early DNR has been previously associated with in-hospital mortality among acute heart failure (AHF) patients and one-year mortality among patients discharged from ICU. Here, we investigate whether early DNR is associated with long-term mortality in AHF Japanese patients, by performing a retrospective cohort study.