Quantifying the Mortality Impact of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in the ICU
ncbi.nlm.nih.govDo-not-resuscitate status is an independent risk factor for ICU mortality. This may reflect severity of illness not captured by other clinical factors, but the perceptions of the treating team related to do-not-resuscitate status could also be causally responsible for increased mortality in patients with do-not-resuscitate status.