Practice and Predictors of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in a Tertiary-Care Intensive Care Unit in Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Outcome of patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status and those with full code status.

Variables	All; N = 24790	Do-not-resuscitate (DNR); N = 3217	Full code; N = 21573	value
ICU mortality, n (%)	3975 (16.2)	2168 (67.8)	1807 (8.5)	<0.0001
Hospital mortality, n (%)	6558 (26.5)	2650 (82.4)	3908 (18.1)	<0.0001
Tracheostomy, n (%)	2378 (9.6)	489 (15.2)	1889 (8.8)	<0.0001
Mechanical ventilation duration (days), median (Q1, Q3)	2 (0, 6)	5 (2, 13)	1 (0, 5)	<0.0001
ICU LOS (days), median (Q1, Q3)	3.4 (1.2, 9.2)	6.3 (2.1, 13.7)	3.1 (1.1, 8.5)	<0.0001
Hospital LOS (days), median (Q1, Q3)	21 (10, 47)	16 (7, 32)	23 (11, 50)	<0.0001

ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay.