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Table 2 Baseline characteristics according to early or late do not resuscitate order

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

 

Early DNR order

n = 107

Late DNR order

n = 70

p-value

Age, median (IQR)

85 (76–89)

79 (72–85)

0.001

Sex, male

46% (49)

51% (36)

0.46

Nursing home

53% (56)

23% (16)

< 0.001

Comorbidities

 COPD

22% (23)

27% (19)

0.43

 Oher chronic pulmonary disease

6% (6)

7% (5)

0.68

 Malignancy

11% (12)

9% (6)

0.57

 Chronic heart disease

38% (41)

23% (16)

0.03

 Chronic neurological disease

33% (35)

23% (16)

0.16

 Diabetes

7% (8)

13% (9)

0.24

 Chronic liver disease

0

4% (3)

0.03

 Chronic kidney disease

3% (3)

1% (1)

0.55

Number of comorbidities

 None

25% (26)

31% (22)

0.99

 One

40% (42)

41% (29)

1.00

 More than one

35% (37)

27% (19)

0.78

Severity

 CURB-65 0–1

11% (9)

22% (13)

0.46

 CURB-65 2

31% (26)

40% (23)

0.78

 CURB-65 3–5

59% (50)

38% (22)

0.04

 ICU

20% (22)

36% (25)

0.03

 Intubation

4% (4)

26% (17)

< 0.001

Antibiotic treatmenta

 Monotherapy penicillinb

31% (33)

30% (21)

0.91

 Monotherapy other betalactam

33% (35)

40% (28)

0.32

 Combination therapy

26% (28)

21% (15)

0.47

 Other

10% (11)

9% (6)

0.71

Mortality

 30-day

57% (61)

69% (48)

0.12

 90-day

72% (77)

80% (56)

0.23

 180-day

77% (82)

87% (61)

0.08

  1. aEmpiric therapy. b benzylpenicillin or phenoxymethyl penicillin
  2. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range