ReviewIntensive care medicine2019
A narrative review of family members' experience of organ donation request after brain death in the critical care setting.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a 2023 clinical practice guideline.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Guideline
- Anesthesiologist to Patient Communication: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Factors Associated With Willingness to Support Organ Donation in Trinidad and Tobago.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2026Article
- The Heart of the Matter: Staff Insights Into Organ Donation Conversations.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Organ Donation Motivators and Demotivators Among Families of Brain-Dead Patients in Southeast Iran: A Qualitative Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Association of reduced physician requirements with brain death confirmation pathway duration and organ donation outcomes in the ICU: a retrospective cohort study.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Article
- Experience of Clinicians and Relatives with Donation after Controlled Circulatory Death: A Prospective Qualitative Study.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Examining the experiences of donor relatives in the organ donation decision process: a qualitative study in Türkiye.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Relatives' experiences of end-of-life care and organ donation after controlled circulatory death: a national prospective multicenter study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Donation Physician Specialists and Missed Organ Donation Opportunities.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Organ donation after death determination by circulatory criteria: family members' experiences with withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in Canadian intensive care units.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Organ Procurement Organization Approach of ICU Families in Person Versus by Phone for Donation Authorization.Critical care explorations · 2025Observational
- Impact of organ donation on grief symptoms in donor families.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Alleviating the emotional burden on families during organ donation requests in neurologic patients declared with brain death: the role of timing and circumstances of death.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Conscience clause in brain death care: ethical and legal perspectives of young nurses and midwives in Poland.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Family concerns in organ donor conversations: a qualitative embedded multiple-case study.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Article
- Care of the Patient Nearing the End of Life in the Neurointensive Care Unit.Neurocritical care · 2024Review
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- Assessing Outcomes of Patients Subject to Intensive Care to Facilitate Organ Donation: A Spanish Multicenter Prospective Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Article
- The bereavement experiences of families of potential organ donors: a qualitative longitudinal case study illuminating opportunities for family care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionFamily members of critically ill patients suffer from high levels of anxiety and depression in the ICU, and are at risk of developing post-ICU syndrome following ICU discharge. In the case of brain death, and potential organ donation, the family is at the center of the decision process: within a limited time frame, the family will be informed that the patient is brain-dead and will be approached about potential organ donation. MATERIALS AND
methodsFamily experience with organ donation has been the topic of several research papers allowing one to gain knowledge about family members' experience of organ donation, emphasizing specific needs, adequate support, and pointing out gaps in current delivery of family-centered care. In this narrative review, experts, clinicians, and researchers present the various legal systems regarding family implication in organ donation decisions; describe factors that influence the decision-making process; highlight family perspectives of care and respect for potential donors in the ICU environment; describe the impact of organ donation discussions and decisions on post-ICU syndrome; and suggest communication skills and support to be developed in the future. A research agenda for the next decade is also encouraged.
conclusionOverall, challenges remain and concern all persons involved in the process, ICU doctors and nurses, the organ procurement organization, family members, and, in some cases, the patients themselves. Looking at the big picture will provide opportunities for further improvements.
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