Prevalence, reasons, and timing of decisions to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining therapy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Prevalence, reasons, and timing of decisions to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining therapy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Abstract Background Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is rapidly becoming a common treatment strategy for patients with refractory cardiac arrest. Despite its benefits, ECPR raises a variety of ethical concerns when the treatment is discontinued. There is little information about t...

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Main Authors: Hiromichi Naito, Masaaki Sakuraya, Takashi Hongo, Hiroaki Takada, Tetsuya Yumoto, Takashi Yorifuji, Toru Hifumi, Akihiko Inoue, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Atsunori Nakao, SAVE-J II Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Clinical decision-making
Treatment limitation
Futility
Post-cardiac arrest syndrome
ECPR
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-023-04534-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-023-04534-2

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