Do-not-attempt resuscitation policy reduced in-hospital cardiac arrest rate and the cost of care in a developing country
Libyan J Med. 2024 Dec 31;19(1):2321671. doi: 10.1080/19932820.2024.2321671. Epub 2024 Feb 25.ABSTRACTWe aim to study the characteristics and outcomes of patients with a Do-Not-Attempt Resuscitation and to determine its impact on the Cost of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A retrospective study of all adult patients admitted to the hospital from June 2021 to May 2022 who had a Do-Not-Resuscitate order. We abstracted patients' socio-demographics, physiologic parameters, primary diagnosis, and comorbidities from the electronic medical records. We calculated the potential economic cost using the median ICU length of stay for the ...
Source: Libyan Journal of Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: David O Alao Snaha M Abraham Nada Mohammed George D Oduro Mohammed A Farid Roxanne M Roby Chris Oppong Arif A Cevik Source Type: research
Do-not-attempt resuscitation policy reduced in-hospital cardiac arrest rate and the cost of care in a developing country
Libyan J Med. 2024 Dec 31;19(1):2321671. doi: 10.1080/19932820.2024.2321671. Epub 2024 Feb 25.ABSTRACTWe aim to study the characteristics and outcomes of patients with a Do-Not-Attempt Resuscitation and to determine its impact on the Cost of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A retrospective study of all adult patients admitted to the hospital from June 2021 to May 2022 who had a Do-Not-Resuscitate order. We abstracted patients' socio-demographics, physiologic parameters, primary diagnosis, and comorbidities from the electronic medical records. We calculated the potential economic cost using the median ICU length of stay for the ...
Source: Libyan Journal of Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: David O Alao Snaha M Abraham Nada Mohammed George D Oduro Mohammed A Farid Roxanne M Roby Chris Oppong Arif A Cevik Source Type: research
