Do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study.

Gertrud Baunbæk EgelundAndreas Vestergaard JensenPelle Trier PetersenStine Bang AndersenBjarne Ørskov LindhardtGernot RohdePernille RavnChristian von Plessen

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)

In this representative Danish cohort, 13% of patients hospitalized with CAP received a DNR order. DNR orders were associated with higher mortality after adjustment for clinical risk factors. Thus, we encourage researcher to take DNR orders into account as potential confounder when reporting CAP associated mortality.

Keyphrases

risk factors
community acquired pneumonia
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
cross sectional
patient reported outcomes
coronary artery disease
risk assessment