To present data on Swedish ICU nurses' attitudes to brain death and organ donation test a questionnaire designed explore these issues in terms of validity reliability.Previous studies have identified various barriers donation. The single most important factor was the attitude staff.A 34-item instrument developed experiences donation.The sent 50% nurses Sweden (n = 1013) response rate 69% 702). expected scale dimensionality examined both by explorative principal component analysis...

ABSTRACT Objectives To explore the attitudes of Swedish intensive care nurses towards organ donor advocacy. Background The concept advocacy is critical to who for potential donors in order facilitate donation (OD). Design A retrospective cross‐sectional study was employed. Methods Inclusion criteria this survey were be a registered nurse and work unit (ICU). Participants identified by association health professionals. number 502 ICU answered 32‐item questionnaire Attitudes Towards Organ...

The consequences of advocacy in nursing are critical when caring for a potential organ donor. No specific instrument has been available to measure attitudes toward donor advocacy. aim this study was develop and psychometrically evaluate an measuring intensive care (ICU) nurses' conducted two stages: development evaluation refinement. A questionnaire developed (Attitude Toward Organ Donor Advocacy Scale (ATODAS)), which sent half all nurses working ICUs (general-, neuro-, thoracic- or...

Abstract Aim To describe intensive care nurses' conceptions of participating during the donation after circulatory death (DCD) process in units Sweden. Design A qualitative design with a phenomenographic approach. Methods In total, 12 semi‐structured interviews were conducted April 2022 nurses from three hospitals. Data analysed using Results Conceptions DCD varied. Four main themes emerged: as system; Intensive role situation; Life to life; The essence DCD. Variations emerged regarding what...

Resistin increases during several inflammatory diseases and after intracerebral bleeding or head trauma. activates the endothelium may initiate an response. No data are available on resistin in brain dead donors (DBD) that regularly manifest a pronounced state.We analyzed plasma 63 DBDs correlated results with donor variables postoperative course following kidney transplantation using organs from these donors. Endocan monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 were also studied. Twenty-six live...

Resistin is a pro-inflammatory adipokine that increases after brain injury (trauma, bleeding) and may initiate an inflammatory response. was found increased in deceased, dead organ donors (DBD) correlated with delayed graft function kidney transplantation. The kinetics of resistin during death (BD), its impact on the response influence several donor variables levels are still unknown.Resistin along panel Th1/Th2 cytokines [interferon (IFN)-gamma, interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8,...

Families of organ donors play an important role in the deceased donation process. The aim this study was to gain insight into donor family care by creating inventory practice various European countries. A questionnaire about and contact between families recipients developed. Representatives professionals 15 countries responded (94%). coordinator plays a key for family. All provide information results families, although diminished due privacy laws. Anonymous written is possible almost all...

This paper explores whether directed deceased organ donation should be permitted, and if so under which conditions. While allocation systems must fair transparent, might it “one thought too many” to prevent within families? We proceed by providing a description of the medical legal context, followed identification main ethical issues involved in donation, then explore these through series hypothetical cases similar those encountered practice. Ultimately, we set certain conditions may...

Introduction All over the world there have been developments within field of organ donation in clinical settings, as well education and organizational matter. The Istanbul Declaration has played a central role these changes. Perioperative nurses hold vital process which includes acting donor’s advocate, upholding values to provide best quality nursing for donor during procurement. work collaboratively surgical teams. They intraoperative assistance procurement teams at time procedures are...

1Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University Gothenburg, Sweden 2Södra Älvsborg Hospital, Borås, 3NHS Blood Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom 4Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands 5Dept. Health, Ethics Society, Public Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6Institute Biomedical Ethics, Basel, Switzerland.

1Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University Gothenburg, Sweden 2Södra Älvsborg Hospital, Borås, 3Methodica LLC, Boulder, CO, United States 4Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA, States.

Towards Organ Donor Advocacy Scale (ATODAS) [1].This is what research and publication all about, to criticize discuss the rigor trustworthiness of scientific results.However, discussion seldom takes place in public which hampers possibilities for others learn more about methodological issues.

Background: There is a lack of published, validated questionnaires for evaluating the attitudes toward organ donor advocacy among intensive care unit (ICU) staff. Specific behavior ICU staff significantly associated with if there consent to, or decline of, donation. In 2011, Flodén et al. developed questionnaire “Attitudes towards scale” (ATODAS). Through translation and cross-cultural adaption ATODAS into English, was further resulting in “Flodén ATODAI North American version” (Attitudes...

Introduction: In a situation where possibility to organ donation (OD) occurs, the bed-side professionals (physicians, nurses) are expected act realize OD due their professional ethics. Perioperative nurses play vital role in process which includes acting as donor’s advocate, well upholding values provide best quality nursing for donor during procurement. work collaboratively within surgical teams by providing intraoperative assistance procurement at time these procedures required. The...

Abstract Background: Intensive and critical-care nurses are the key to successful donor management in setting. No studies measuring attitudes toward organ advocacy existed before 2011, when 51-item Swedish “Attitudes Toward Organ Donor Advocacy Scale” was developed. The aim of this study translate, adapt establish psychometric properties North American version Flodén ATODAI (Attitudes Instrument) terms validity reliability. Methods: A multi-step approach used: Initial translation;...