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Article: Do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill patients in intensive care
Title | Do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill patients in intensive care |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Do not resuscitate Intensive care unit Life support care Taiwan |
Issue Date | 2010 |
Citation | Nursing Ethics, 2010, v. 17, n. 4, p. 445-455 How to Cite? |
Abstract | End-of-life decision making frequently occurs in the intensive care unit (ICU). There is a lack of information on how a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order affects treatments received by critically ill patients in ICUs. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the use of life support therapies between patients with a DNR order and those without; (2) to examine life support therapies prior to and after the issuance of a DNR order; and (3) to determine the clinical factors that influence the initiation of a DNR order in ICUs in Taiwan. A prospective, descriptive, and correlational study was conducted. A total of 202 patients comprising 133 (65.8%) who had a DNR order, and 69 (34.1%) who did not, participated in this study. In the last 48 hours of their lives, patients who had a DNR order were less likely to receive life support therapies than those who did not have a DNR order. Older age, being unmarried, the presence of an adult child as a surrogate decision maker, a perceived inability to survive ultimate discharge from the ICU, and longer hospitalization in the ICU were significant predictors of issuing a DNR order for critically ill patients. This study will draw attention to how, when, and by whom, critically ill patients' preferences about DNR are elicited and honored. © The Author(s) 2010. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/241184 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.279 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chang, Yuanmay | - |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Chin Feng | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Chia Chin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-26T03:37:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-26T03:37:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Nursing Ethics, 2010, v. 17, n. 4, p. 445-455 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0969-7330 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/241184 | - |
dc.description.abstract | End-of-life decision making frequently occurs in the intensive care unit (ICU). There is a lack of information on how a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order affects treatments received by critically ill patients in ICUs. The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the use of life support therapies between patients with a DNR order and those without; (2) to examine life support therapies prior to and after the issuance of a DNR order; and (3) to determine the clinical factors that influence the initiation of a DNR order in ICUs in Taiwan. A prospective, descriptive, and correlational study was conducted. A total of 202 patients comprising 133 (65.8%) who had a DNR order, and 69 (34.1%) who did not, participated in this study. In the last 48 hours of their lives, patients who had a DNR order were less likely to receive life support therapies than those who did not have a DNR order. Older age, being unmarried, the presence of an adult child as a surrogate decision maker, a perceived inability to survive ultimate discharge from the ICU, and longer hospitalization in the ICU were significant predictors of issuing a DNR order for critically ill patients. This study will draw attention to how, when, and by whom, critically ill patients' preferences about DNR are elicited and honored. © The Author(s) 2010. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nursing Ethics | - |
dc.subject | Do not resuscitate | - |
dc.subject | Intensive care unit | - |
dc.subject | Life support care | - |
dc.subject | Taiwan | - |
dc.title | Do-not-resuscitate orders for critically ill patients in intensive care | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0969733010364893 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20610578 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-77954277545 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 445 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 455 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1477-0989 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000279639600005 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0969-7330 | - |