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Observational Study
. 2016 Oct 7;11(10):1744-1751.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.07530715. Epub 2016 Jul 21.

Outcomes of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with CKD

Fahad Saeed  1   2 , Malik M Adil  3 , Umar M Kaleem  4 , Taqi T Zafar  5 , Abdus Salam Khan  6 , Jean L Holley  7   8 , Joseph V Nally Jr  9
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Observational Study

Outcomes of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with CKD

Fahad Saeed et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .

Abstract

Background and objectives: Advance care planning, including code/resuscitation status discussion, is an essential part of the medical care of patients with CKD. There is little information on the outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in these patients. We aimed to measure cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes in these patients.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements: Our study is observational in nature. We compared the following cardiopulmonary resuscitation-related outcomes in patients with CKD with those in the general population by using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2005-2011): (1) survival to hospital discharge, (2) discharge destination, and (3) length of hospital stay. All of the patients were 18 years old or older.

Results: During the study period, 71,961 patients with CKD underwent in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation compared with 323,620 patients from the general population. Unadjusted in-hospital mortality rates were higher in patients with CKD (75% versus 72%; P<0.001) on univariate analysis. After adjusting for age, sex, and potential confounders, patients with CKD had higher odds of mortality (odds ratio, 1.24; 95% confidence interval, 1.11 to 1.34; P≤0.001) and length of stay (odds ratio, 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.07 to 1.15; P=0.001). Hospitalization charges were also greater in patients with CKD. There was no overall difference in postcardiopulmonary resuscitation nursing home placement between the two groups. In a separate subanalysis of patients ≥75 years old with CKD, higher odds of in-hospital mortality were also seen in the patients with CKD (odds ratio, 1.10; 95% confidence interval, 1.02 to 1.17; P=0.01).

Conclusions: In conclusion, we observed slightly higher in-hospital mortality in patients with CKD undergoing in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Keywords: Advance Care Planning; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Inpatients; Length of Stay; Nursing Homes; Patient Discharge; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; cardiovascular; chronic kidney disease; outcomes.

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