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Table 4 Unadjusted outcomes by Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) status

From: The epidemiology of do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with trauma: a community level one trauma center observational experience

Predictor

N

Death/discharge to hospice

Major complication

ICU admission

DNR

1523

22.06 (336)

8.29 (106)

18.71 (285)

 Pre-existing

715

14.13 (101)

3.09 (18)

5.73 (41)

 Continued DNR

576

15.63 (90)

6.08 (35)

3.30 (16)

 Rescinded DNR

139

7.91 (11)

4.32 (6)

2.04 (2)

In-house

808

29.08 (235)

12.66 (88)

30.20 (244)

 Early (within 1 day)

536

20.71 (111)

4.69 (21)

17.72 (95)

 Late (>1 day)

207

52.17 (108)

30.60 (56)

61.35 (127)

No DNR

8530

1.40 (119)

5.02 (361)

17.02 (1452)