Remarkable changes in the choice of timing to discuss organ donation with the relatives of a patient: A study in 228 organ donations in 20 years

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  De Groot, Yorick J ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^a   Van der Jagt, Mathieu ^a   Bakker, Jan ^a   IJzermans, Jan N M ^a   Kompanje, Erwin J O ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELATIVE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 80053510011     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10481     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Health Council of the Netherlands Advice brain death criteria 1974, Rijswijk: Health Council of the Netherlands, publication no. 1723, Health Council of the Netherlands.
2. Health Council of the Netherlands Advice brain death criteria 1983, The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, publication no. 1983, Health Council of the Netherlands.
3. Health Council of the Netherlands Brain death criteria 1996, Rijswijk: Health Council of the Netherlands, publication no. 1996, Health Council of the Netherlands.
4. Health Council of the Netherlands Brain death protocol 2006, The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, publication no. 2006/04, Health Council of the Netherlands.
5. The Organ Donation Act. , http://english.minvws.nl/includes/dl/openbestand.asp?File=/images/Organdonation_tcm20-108343.pdf
6. Kompanje EJ, de Groot YJ, Bakker J. Is organ donation from brain dead donors reaching an inescapable and desirable nadir?. Transplantation 2011, 91:1177-1180. 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182180567, 21494178.
7. Saidi RF, Bradley J, Greer D, Luskin R, O'Connor K, Delmonico F, Kennealey P, Pathan F, Schuetz C, Elias N, Ko DS, Kawai T, Hertl M, Cosimi AB, Markmann JF. Changing pattern of organ donation at a single center: are potential brain dead donors being lost to donation after cardiac death?. Am J Transplant 2010, 10:2536-2540. 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03215.x, 21043059.
8. Siminoff LA, Gordon N, Hewlett J, Arnold RM. Factors influencing families' consent for donation of solid organs for transplantation. JAMA 2001, 286:71-77. 10.1001/jama.286.1.71, 11434829.
9. Simpkin AL, Robertson LC, Barber VS, Young JD. Modifiable factors influencing relatives' decision to offer organ donation: systematic review. BMJ 2009, 338:b991. 10.1136/bmj.b991, 2671586, 19383730.
10. Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Howard RJ. Organ donation decision: comparison of donor and nondonor families. Am J Transplant 2006, 6:190-198. 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01130.x, 2365918, 16433774.
11. Andres A, Morales E, Vazquez S, Cebrian MP, Nuno E, Ortuno T, Morales JM, Hernandez E, Gonzalez E, Gutierrez MJ, Hernandez A, Polanco N, Gutierrez E, Praga M. Lower rate of family refusal for organ donation in non-heart-beating versus brain-dead donors. Transplant Proc 2009, 41:2304-2305. 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.039, 19715903.
12. Niles PA, Mattice BJ. The timing factor in the consent process. J Transpl Coord 1996, 6:84-87.
13. Siminoff LA, Lawrence RH. Knowing patients' preferences about organ donation: does it make a difference?. J Trauma 2002, 53:754-760. 10.1097/00005373-200210000-00023, 12394879.
14. Sotillo E, Montoya E, Martinez V, Paz G, Armas A, Liscano C, Hernandez G, Perez M, Andrade A, Villasmil N, Mollegas L, Hernandez E, Milanes CL, Rivas P. Identification of variables that influence brain-dead donors' family groups regarding refusal. Transplant Proc 2009, 41:3466-3470. 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.09.014, 19857773.
15. Jansen NE, van Leiden HA, Haase-Kromwijk BJ, Hoitsma AJ. Organ donation performance in the Netherlands 2005-08; medical record review in 64 hospitals. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010, 25:1992-1997. 10.1093/ndt/gfp705, 20083476.
16. Wijdicks EF. Brain death worldwide: accepted fact but no global consensus in diagnostic criteria. Neurology 2002, 58:20-25.
17. Donorregister. , http://www.donorregister.nl/organisatie/cijfers/registraties/cijfersoverregistratie/default.aspx
18. Coppen R, Friele RD, van der Zee J, Gevers SK. The potential of legislation on organ donation to increase the supply of donor organs. Health Policy 2010, 98:164-170. 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.019, 20619921.