Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:a) To quantify the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in a tertiary care children's hospital; and b) to characterize the circumstances in which such orders are written. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:All inpatients who died in an urban children's hospital over a 1-yr period of time. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:The hospital records of 54 of 69 patients who died were reviewed. Eighty-two percent of patient deaths occurred in the ICU; 13% of patient deaths occurred in the operating room, and 5% occurred in a medical ward. Other findings included the following: 25 (46%) of 54 patients died after attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 13 (24%) patients were brain dead; and 16 (30%) died with a do-not-resuscitate order in effect. Age was associated with resuscitation status: do-not-resuscitate orders were written for five (21%) of 22 infants (< 1 yr of age); seven (50%) of 14 children (1 to 11 yrs of age); and four (80%) of five adolescents who died (p < .002). Fifteen of 16 do-not-resuscitate orders were written for patients who were in the ICU, where they remained until death. Findings in patients when the do-not-resuscitate orders were written were as follows: 15 ICU patients were receiving mechanical ventilation; 14 (95%) of 15 were receiving inotropic agents; 12 (80%) of 15 patients were receiving narcotic analgesics; and one (6%) patient was being dialyzed. At least one therapeutic modality was withdrawn in 7 (44%) of 16 patients. Do-not-resuscitate orders followed documented conferences with physicians and family members in 13 (81%) of 16 cases. These discussions were initiated by physicians in 12 (92%) of 13 cases. CONCLUSIONS:Do-not-resuscitate orders in pediatric patients are written more often in older than younger hospitalized children who die. Most do-not-resuscitate orders are written for patients who are receiving aggressive medical therapy in the ICU.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Lantos JD,Berger AC,Zucker ARdoi
10.1097/00003246-199301000-00012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
52-5issue
1eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
21pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00003246-198507000-00012
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00003246-199303000-00016
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更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000158517.25962.8e
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000259462.97164.A0
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/ccm.0b013e31818a8ae6
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200006000-00048
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198610000-00014
更新日期:1986-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000295304.99946.58
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b6e30a
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198901000-00011
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doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003446
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doi:10.1097/00003246-200301000-00025
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199604000-00009
更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004712
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200204000-00015
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197611000-00002
更新日期:1976-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200203000-00027
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199602000-00015
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200103000-00026
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/00003246-199705000-00006
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00