TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic and clinical determinants of having do not resuscitate orders in the intensive care unit of a comprehensive cancer center.
AU - Cardenas-Turanzas, Marylou
AU - Gaeta, Susan
AU - Ashoori, Aidin
AU - Price, Kristen J
AU - Nates, Joseph L.
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PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - To understand the needs of patients and family members as physicians communicate their expectations about patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), we evaluated the demographic and clinical determinants of having a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for adults with cancer. Patients included were admitted from June 16, 2008-August 16, 2008, to the ICU in a comprehensive cancer center. We conducted a prospective chart review and collected data on patient demographics, length of stay, advance directives, clinical characteristics, and DNR orders. A total of 362 patients met the inclusion criteria; only 15.2% had DNR orders before ICU discharge. In the multivariate analysis, we found that medical admission was an independent predictor of having a DNR order during the ICU stay (odds ratio = 3.65; 95% confidence interval, 1.44-9.28); we also found a significant two-way interaction between race/ethnicity and type of admission (medical vs. surgical) with having a DNR order (p =.04). Although medical admissions were associated with significantly more DNR orders than were surgical admissions, we observed that the subgroup of non-white patients admitted for medical reasons was significantly less likely to have DNR orders. This finding could reflect different preferences for aggressive care by race/ethnicity in patients with cancer, and deserves further investigation.
AB - To understand the needs of patients and family members as physicians communicate their expectations about patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), we evaluated the demographic and clinical determinants of having a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for adults with cancer. Patients included were admitted from June 16, 2008-August 16, 2008, to the ICU in a comprehensive cancer center. We conducted a prospective chart review and collected data on patient demographics, length of stay, advance directives, clinical characteristics, and DNR orders. A total of 362 patients met the inclusion criteria; only 15.2% had DNR orders before ICU discharge. In the multivariate analysis, we found that medical admission was an independent predictor of having a DNR order during the ICU stay (odds ratio = 3.65; 95% confidence interval, 1.44-9.28); we also found a significant two-way interaction between race/ethnicity and type of admission (medical vs. surgical) with having a DNR order (p =.04). Although medical admissions were associated with significantly more DNR orders than were surgical admissions, we observed that the subgroup of non-white patients admitted for medical reasons was significantly less likely to have DNR orders. This finding could reflect different preferences for aggressive care by race/ethnicity in patients with cancer, and deserves further investigation.
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2010.0165
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2010.0165
M3 - Article
C2 - 21194303
AN - SCOPUS:79955716054
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 14
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 1
ER -