Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With No Chance of Survival and Consideration for Organ Donation

Joséphine Escutnaire; Hervé Hubert; Pierre-Yves Dubien; Pierre-Yves Gueugniaud

doi:10.7326/L17-0072

Letters |18 April 2017

Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With No Chance of Survival and Consideration for Organ Donation

Joséphine Escutnaire, MSc; Hervé Hubert, PhD; Pierre-Yves Dubien, MD; Pierre-Yves Gueugniaud, MD, PhD

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Jabre and colleagues (1) attempted to determine criteria to identify patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with no chance of survival to orient them toward organ donation. Indeed, the worldwide penury of organs is a major health issue (2). Furthermore, the authors highlight that stopping attempts at cardiopulmonary resuscitation in these patients may be reasonable considering the almost nonexistent chances of survival. The main problem is that these termination rules do not consider organ donation and that delays in identifying patients in whom resuscitation is futile lead to loss of potential donors (3...

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