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Patient variables included age, sex, primary and secondary ICD-9 diagnoses, severity of illness as measured by Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II, medical conditions resulting in difficult or complicated ventilation, admission source (home, emergency room, nursing home, hospital ward, or acute care facility), do not resuscitate (DNR) status, pay class or insurance coverage and discharge disposition (expired, home, skilled nursing facility, intermediate nursing care facility, other hospital and tertiary facility).
Potential reasons for insufficient calibration might include the following: (1) factors related to the calibration methodology itself; (2) reasons related to data collection, namely intra-observer and interobserver variability; (3) variability in GCS; (4) differences in case mix; (5) differences in DNR policies; and (6) differences in medical care.
Mortality rates within each group are shown in Table 3. Of the 87 HRC patients not transferred, 13 (15%) were designated DNR either before or at the time they met criteria for the HRC, which made tertiary transfer less appropriate.
The delay in DNR orders is mentioned earlier.
Our hospital has been leading in the country in this field by establishing a written policy for DNR orders and raising the awareness among physicians about this issue.