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Utilization of intensive care units' beds occupied by brain-dead patients
Author
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2011), pp.444-447, 4 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2011-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
- Patients
- Death
- Critical care
- Saudi Arabia
- Coma
- Diagnosis
- Critical care medicine
- Brain death
- Intensive care units
Abstract EN
To evaluate the utilization of critical care unit beds occupied by brain-dead patients during the period falling between confirmation of the diagnosis till, either, organ harvesting or patient's expiration.
We studied all the consecutive patients who had been documented brain-dead from January 2001 to December 2009.
Death by brain criteria was documented in 232 patients with a median age of 39 ± 18.2 years; 181 (78%) were Saudis and 175 (75.5%) were males.
Only 37 deceased patients diagnosed by brain criteria were consented by their next-of-kin for organ donation; 26 (70.1%) of them were non-Saudis.
The time from confirming death by brain criteria in the study patients until they were moved to a morgue or to the operating room for retrieval of organs were 93 ± 89.9 vs.
73 ± 48 h, respectively (P = 0.07).
In conclusion, I believe a better utilization of the intensive care units' beds by other than brain-dead patients would not produce great cost savings, but may provide care for more patients with better quality of care.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Sultan, Muhammad Abd Allah. 2011. Utilization of intensive care units' beds occupied by brain-dead patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 22, no. 3, pp.444-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-268301
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Sultan, Muhammad Abd Allah. Utilization of intensive care units' beds occupied by brain-dead patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 22, no. 3 (Jun. 2011), pp.444-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-268301
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Sultan, Muhammad Abd Allah. Utilization of intensive care units' beds occupied by brain-dead patients. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2011. Vol. 22, no. 3, pp.444-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-268301
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 446-447
Record ID
BIM-268301