dc.creator | Chang, Yuanmay | en |
dc.creator | Huang, Chin-Feng | en |
dc.creator | Lin, Chia-Chin | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-09T00:41:10Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-09T00:41:10Z | en |
dc.date.created | 2010-07 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | en |
dc.identifier | doi:10.1177/0969733010364893 | en |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Nursing ethics 2010 Jul; 17(4): 445-55 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?version=1.0&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&atitle=Do-not-resuscitate+orders+for+critically+ill+patients+in+intensive+care.&title=Nursing+ethics+&volume=17&issue=4&date=2010-07&au=Chang,+Yuanmay;+Huang,+Chin-Feng;+Lin,+Chia-Chin | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733010364893 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1022441 | en |
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. | en |
dc.format | Article | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.source | eweb:333183 | en |
dc.subject | Critically Ill | en |
dc.subject | Decision Making | en |
dc.subject | Life | en |
dc.subject | Patients | en |
dc.subject.classification | Prolongation of Life and Euthanasia | en |
dc.subject.classification | Health Care for Particular Diseases or Groups | en |
dc.title | Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care | en |
dc.provenance | Citation prepared by the Library and Information Services group of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University for the ETHXWeb database. | en |
dc.provenance | Citation migrated from OpenText LiveLink Discovery Server database named EWEB hosted by the Bioethics Research Library to the DSpace collection EthxWeb hosted by DigitalGeorgetown. | en |