Stability of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Hospitalized Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

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.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

California Patient Discharge Database, 2016-2018.

Patients

Nonsurgical patients admitted to an acute care hospital with an early do-not-resuscitate order (within 24 hr of admission).

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

We identified nonsurgical adult patients who survived an initial h

SUBMITTER: Mehta AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855253 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature