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Table 5 The comparison of six aggressive interventions and three comfort care measures provided to the 188 DNRCC-Arrest patients before and after the order came into effect a

From: Two distinct Do-Not-Resuscitate protocols leaving less to the imagination: an observational study using propensity score matching

 

Before DNRCC-Arrest came into effect (n = 188)

After DNRCC-Arrest came into effect (n = 188)

Pvalue

Provided

Not provided

Provided

Not provided

Aggressive intervention

     

 Pharmacological/electrical cardioversion

36 (19.14%)

152 (80.86%)

39 (20.74%)

149 (79.26%)

0.32

 Vasopressor

33 (17.55%)

155 (82.45%)

34 (18.08%)

154 (81.92%)

0.83

 Intravenous antibiotics

122 (64.89%)

66 (35.11%)

133 (70.74%)

55 (29.26%)

0.02

 Renal replacement therapy

12 (6.38%)

176 (93.62%)

12 (6.38%)

176 (93.62%)

1.00

 Blood component transfusion

42 (22.34%)

146 (77.66%)

43 (22.87%)

145 (77.13%)

0.87

 Central venous line placement

59 (31.38%)

129 (68.62%)

64 (34.04%)

124 (65.96%)

0.06

Comfort care measure

     

 Pain control using morphine/fentanyl

44 (23.4%)

144 (76.6%)

62 (32.97%)

126 (67.03%)

<0.01

 Pastoral care

13 (6.91%)

175 (93.09%)

46 (24.46%)

142 (75.54%)

<0.01

 Hospice/palliative care consultation

1 (0.53%)

187 (99.47%)

15 (7.97%)

173 (92.03%)

<0.01

  1. DNR, Do-Not-Resuscitate; DNRCC, Do-Not-Resuscitate Comfort Care.
  2. aThe association between before DNRCC-Arrest and after DNRCC-Arrest for each intervention was examined using McNemar's test.