ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2017
Do-not-resuscitate orders in cancer patients: a review of literature.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Views and attitudes of healthcare professionals on do-not-attempt-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation in low-and-lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Resuscitation in Oncology: Limits, Ethics, Practice, and Humanity.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Review
- The Difficult Airway in Patients with Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2024Review
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- Prognostic Awareness in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Narrative Literature Review of the Processes Involved.Cancer management and research · 2023Review
- Prognostic factors for advanced lung cancer patients with do-not-intubate order in intensive care unit: a retrospective study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- The do-not-resuscitate-like (DNRL) order, a medical directive for limiting life-sustaining treatment in the end-of-life care of children with cancer: experience of major cancer center in Brazil.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Observational
- Knowledge, Attitude and Decision-making of Nurses in the Resuscitation Team towards Terminating Resuscitation and Do-not-Resuscitate Order.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
- Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Outcomes for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.Journal of pancreatic cancer · 2022Article
- Treatment Limitation Decisions in Critically Ill Patients With a Malignancy on the Intensive Care Unit.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2021Article
- Cancer patients, physicians, and nurses differ in their attitudes toward the decisional role in do-not-resuscitate decision-making.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
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- The ethics of DNR-decisions in oncology and hematology care: a qualitative study.BMC medical ethics · 2020Article
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- Outcome of stage IV cancer patients receiving in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a population-based cohort study.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Perspectives on the DNR decision process: A survey of nurses and physicians in hematology and oncology.PloS one · 2018Article
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cancer patients: still some problems to solve.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Article
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cancer patients: is there a problem?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Article
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Abstract
Discussing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders is part of daily hospital practice in oncology departments. Several medical factors and patient characteristics are associated with issuing DNR orders in cancer patients. DNR orders are often placed late in the disease process. This may be a cause for disagreements between doctors and between doctors and patients and may cause for unnecessary treatments and admissions. In addition, DNR orders on itself may influence the rest of the medical treatment for patients. We present recommendations for discussing DNR orders and medical futility in practice through shared decision-making. Prospective studies are needed to investigate in which a patient's cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is futile and whether or not DNR orders influence the medical care of patients.
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