Perioperative Management of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders at a Large Academic Health System.

This case series investigates whether do-not-resuscitate orders were reevaluated before surgery among patients treated at 1 health system.

Validation of Claims Data for the Identification of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography During Cardiac Surgery.

Objective: The goal of this study was to assess the validity of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) claims data for the identification of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during cardiac surgery.

Design: This study was a retrospective, cohort analysis.

Setting: This study used data from electronic medical records (EMRs), in combination with CPT billing claims data, from two hospitals within the Penn Medicine Health System-Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.