The relationship between life‐sustaining treatment limitation and organ donation in Swedish intensive care: a nationwide register study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Nolin ◽  
Sten Walther
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Register Study ◽  
Treatment Limitation ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment ◽  
Nationwide Register Study ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals A REVIEW ON DECISION PROTOCOL AND FATWA IN MALAYSIA DISCUSSING ISSUE OF WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Muhamad Rafiqi Hehsan ◽  
Wan Fadzlina Wan Muhd Shukeri
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Treatment Withdrawal ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
The Family ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment ◽  
The Relationship

Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments is one of the hot topics discussing in intensive care unit as most of the death occurs as a result of it. This point of transition from active intervention to the palliation process required a crucial decision-making process. The decision conveys information to families to be well prepared beforehand especially during the process of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Once the final decision to withdraw the treatment has been made, procedure of cessation of care, treatment withdrawal and nature of follow-up support will be informed to the family members. This article aims to explore the relationship between decision in withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment based on Malaysian intensive care unit protocol and the related fatwa in Malaysia. The methodology chosen for this study is content analysis of the relevant published literatures. This study reveals the decision for withholding and withdrawal life sustaining treatment in intensive care unit has correlation between the protocol and related fatwa in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Eligibility of patients withheld or withdrawn from life-sustaining treatment to organ donation after circulatory arrest death: epidemiological feasibility study in a French Intensive Care Unit

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Lesieur ◽  
Marie-France Mamzer ◽  
Maxime Leloup ◽  
Frédéric Gonzalez ◽  
Alexandre Herbland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Circulatory Arrest ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment

YENİDOĞAN YOĞUN BAKIM ÜNİTELERİNDE İŞ KAZALARI RİSKLERİ VE NEDENLERİNE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haluk Tanrıverdi ◽  
Orhan Akova ◽  
Nurcan Türkoğlu Latifoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to demonstrate the relationship between the qualifications of neonatal intensive care units of hospitals (physical conditions, standard applications, employee qualifications and use of personal protective equipment) and work related causes and risks, employee related causes and risks when occupational accidents occur. Accordingly, a survey was prepared and was made among 105 nurses working in 3 public and 3 private hospital's neonatal intensive care units, in the January of 2010. The survey consists of questions about the qualifications of neonatal intensive care units, work related causes and risks, and employee related causes and risks. From the regression analysis conducted, it has been found that confirmed hypotheses in several studies in the literature were not significant in this study. The sub-dimensions in which relationships has been found show that the improvement of the physical environment in workplace, the improvement of the employee qualifications and standard applications can reduce the rate of occupational accidents. According to the results of this study management should take care of the organizational factors besides to improvement of the physical environment in workplace, the improvement of the employee qualifications and standard applications.

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