Monday, October 11, 2021

Study Finds 89% of Patients Who Died From COVID-19 Had a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order

Study Finds 89% of Patients Who Died From COVID-19 Had a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order

"Following the retraction of a Johns Hopkins study that showed overall deaths in the United States had not really increased with the COVID-19, researchers have produced another analysis that is interesting to note. 

In a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Jersey, 89% had a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order before admission.

The significance of DNR status as an independent risk factor for mortality has not been documented previously in COVID19 patients. 

...This study is notable because it indicates that many patients who died in these hospitals were quite ill to begin with...Read all.

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