The implementation of rapid response team was effective in reducing cardiopulmonary arrests and total hospital mortality for ward patients, improving the outcomes of patients who needed ICU admission and reduced readmissions and mortality of patients who were discharged from the ICU.
ICU physicians have a role in initiating DNR. Mostly this issue is not addressed on admission. Documentation of DNR once initiated is still not up to the optimum level in 32.3% of cases, mainly due to MRP. Discussion with the patient's family was not well documented in the chart in more than half of cases.
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