%0 Journal Article %T The meaning of do-not-resuscitate and its relationship to morality and outcomes research %A Mark A. Bradford %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2016 %X Numerous studies have reported an increase in mortality associated with DNR status in hospitalized patients. This association has been seen in conditions ranging from pneumonia, to ARDS, to vascular surgery, to intracerebral hemorrhage (1-4). In these studies, DNRĄŻs association with increased mortality has been independent of age and other variables %U http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/11784/12383