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Clinicians' Attitudes Towards Do-Not-Resuscitate Directives in a Teaching Hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Current state of ethical challenges reported in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review & bibliometric analysis from 2010 to 2021.BMC medical ethics · 2022Pooled it
- Outcome and critical care resources utilised by do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) patients admitted to the ICU at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective review of the critical care database.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation decision-making process: scoping review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Article
- Perceptions and experiences of community-based healthcare professionals in the state of Qatar having do not attempt resuscitation discussions during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) Orders' Awareness and Perception Among Physicians: a National Survey.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2023Article
- Visiting and Communication Policy in Intensive Care Units during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Survey from South Asia and the Middle East.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Physicians' approach to end of life care: comparison of two tertiary care university hospitals in Lebanon.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Early Versus Late DNR Orders and its Predictors in a Saudi Arabian ICU: A Descriptive Study.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
- The end-of-life care in the emergency department setting with respect to the Middle East countries and comparison with the Western countries.Turkish journal of emergency medicineReview
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Abstract
The Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) directive has provided a major leap in end-of-life care. To demonstrate the factors influencing physicians' DNR decisions in King Fahd University Hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 42 physicians from the medical and surgical departments of the same center were requested to participate in a cross-sectional survey. Thirty-six questionnaires were completed and returned from a total of 42 distributed among physicians, making a response rate of 85.7%. Certain diagnostic categories increase the likelihood of issuing a DNR order for a patient. Neurological (58.3%) and cardiovascular (41.7%) diseases were the highest response among other diseases in influencing physicians' decisions. In addition, other factors like lack of comorbidities (55.5%), age (52.7%), and previous intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and resuscitation (44.4%) showed an effect on the directive decisions of DNR among investigated physicians. However, weak palliative care in the hospital (11.1%), religious beliefs (5.5%), and gender (2.7%) were the least associated factors affecting physicians' DNR decisions. This study addresses the influencing factors of DNR orders issuance among King Fahd Hospital of the University physicians. Physicians noted that cultural standards and religious beliefs do play a role in their decision-making but had less of an effect as compared to other clinical data such as comorbidities, age, and previous ICU admissions.
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