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'Do not attempt resuscitation' and 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation' in an inpatient setting : factors influencing physicians' decisions in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2010
To determine the prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders, to define factors associated with CPR/DNAR orders and to explore how physicians make and document these decisions.
Becerra, Maria, Cochet, Stéphane, Elger, Bernice S., Hurst, Samia A., Junod Perron, Noelle   +4 more
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Simulation Curriculum: Ventricular Fibrillation

MedEdPORTAL, 2014
Introduction Anesthesia residents and other professionals are far removed from their experiences in gross anatomy dissection. To address this, efforts were made to create videos that would remind residents of the important gross anatomy underlying the ...
Jennifer Reid, Kimberly Stone
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in nursing homes in California: evaluation of a novel statewide dissemination mechanism. [PDF]

, 2012
BackgroundImplementing Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms aims to improve communication of life-sustaining treatment preferences across care venues.
Citko, Judy, Diamant, Allison, Gonzalez, Victor, Lorenz, Karl, O'Malley, Kate, Tarn, Derjung M, Wenger, Neil S   +6 more
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Opinions of Brazilian resuscitation instructors regarding resuscitation in the delivery room of extremely preterm newborns

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016
Objective: To describe the opinions of pediatricians who teach resuscitation in Brazil on initiating and limiting the delivery room resuscitation of extremely preterm infants. Method: Cross‐sectional study with electronic questionnaire (Dec/2011–Sep/2013)
Cristiane Ribeiro Ambrósio, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Care Handover (ECHO study) across care boundaries : the need for joint decision making and consideration of psychosocial history [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Inadequate handover in emergency care is a threat to patient safety. Handover across care boundaries poses particular problems due to different professional, organisational and cultural backgrounds.
Apker, Arora, Banerjee, Behara, Bomba, Bost, Catchpole, Cheung, Cohen, Haig, Hilligoss, Hodges, Institute of Medicine, Johnson, Laurence Fitton, Mark A Sujan, Matthew Inada-Kim, Matthew W Cooke, Michelle Rudd, O'Leary, Patterson, Peter Chessum, Peter Spurgeon, Petersen, Pope, Pothier, Raduma-Tomas, Solet, Talbot, Ye   +29 more
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Factors affecting do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) decisions among adult patients in the emergency department of a general tertiary teaching hospital in China: a retrospective observational study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective Do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders are designed to allow patients to opt out of receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the event of a cardiac arrest.
Yang Liu, Chao-Lan Wang, Yu-Lei Gao, Qing-Song Li, Yan-Cun Liu, Yan-Fen Chai   +5 more
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Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury. [PDF]

, 2017
Background:Recent studies have demonstrated the vital influence of commensal microbial communities on human health. The central role of the gut in the response to injury is well described; however, no prior studies have used culture-independent profiling
Calfee, Carolyn S, Callcut, Rachael A, Campion, Eric M, Christie, Sabrinah A, Cohen, Mitchell Jay, Conroy, Amanda S, Fadrosh, Douglas W, Howard, Benjamin M, Kornblith, Lucy Z, Lamere, Brandon J, Lynch, Susan, Nelson, Mary F   +11 more
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Perfil das condutas médicas que antecedem ao óbito de crianças em um hospital terciário A profile of the medical conduct preceding child death at a tertiary hospital

Jornal de Pediatria, 2005
OBJETIVO: estudar o perfil de assistência aos pacientes pediátricos que evoluem para o óbito em um hospital universitário, incluindo descrição dos modelos, comparações entre setores, associações de fatores, participações envolvidas e registro das ...
Henrique A.F. Tonelli, Joaquim A.C. Mota, José S. Oliveira   +2 more
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Are medical ethicists out of touch? Practitioner attitudes in the US and UK towards decisions at the end of life [PDF]

, 2000
To assess whether UK and US health care professionals share the views of medical ethicists about medical futility, withdrawing/withholding treatment, ordinary/extraordinary interventions, and the doctrine of double effect.
Dickenson, Donna
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Patient and hospital characteristics associated with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate orders: a cross-sectional study based on the Taiwan stroke registry

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Previous studies of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) or do-not-intubate (DNI) orders in stroke patients have primarily been conducted in North America or Europe.
Hsu-Ling Yeh, Fang-I Hsieh, Li-Ming Lien, Wen-Hua Kuo, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Yu Sun, Cheng-Yu Wei, Po-Yen Yeh, Hei-Tung Yip, Cheng-Li Lin, Nicole Huang, the Taiwan Stroke Registry Investigators, Kai-Cheng Hsu   +12 more
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