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

[PeteS in CA]

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

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2020/11/30/study-finds-89-of-patients-who-died-from-covid-19-had-a-do-not-resuscitate-order-n1181002

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. The present study analyzed data of 1270 patients with COVID-19, who were admitted to our institutions during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey. DNR patients had higher hazard ratios for risk of death and lower survival outcomes compared to non-DNR patients. The association between DNR status and poor clinical outcomes remained independently significant after adjustment for important clinical factors, including age, gender, COVID-19 symptoms at the time of admission and comorbidities.

My emphasis. That DNR status was statistically significant even after adjustment for age, comorbidities, etc. strongly implies that people who could have survived were allowed to die (in accordance with the DNR order they had chosen to sign).

[jmyrlefuller]

I think this would be a "Captain Obvious" moment, but... yeah, if someone comes into the hospital with a request saying "I'd rather die than be put through hell trying to treat whatever condition is trying to kill me," the hospital is going to let them die per their wishes.