Organ donation in the ICU – a survey on next of kin response in two Swiss academic centres

Mathias Nebiker; Andreas Bloch; Pelin Fedakar; Lucienne Christen; Anita Hurni; Delphine Carré; Sylvie Cluzet; Philippe Eckert; Joerg C. Schefold

doi:10.4414/smw.2021.20515

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Vol. 151 No. 2526 (2021)

Organ donation in the ICU – a survey on next of kin response in two Swiss academic centres

Mathias Nebiker⁺⁻
Andreas Bloch⁺⁻
Pelin Fedakar⁺⁻
Lucienne Christen⁺⁻
Anita Hurni⁺⁻
Delphine Carré⁺⁻
Sylvie Cluzet⁺⁻
Philippe Eckert⁺⁻
Joerg C. Schefold⁺⁻

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20515
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20515
Published: 23.06.2021

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Black CK, Termanini KM, Aguirre O, Hawksworth JS, Sosin M. Solid organ transplantation in the 21st century. Ann Transl Med. 2018;6(20):409. doi:.https://doi.org/10.21037/atm.2018.09.68
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Weiss J, Shaw D, Schober R, Abati V, Immer FF ; Comité National du Don d’Organes Cndo. Attitudes towards organ donation and relation to wish to donate posthumously. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14401. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2017.14401
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Birtan D, Arslantas MK, Dincer PC, Altun GT, Bilgili B, Ucar FB, et al. Effect of Interviews Done by Intensive Care Physicians on Organ Donation. Transplant Proc. 2017;49(3):396–8. Published online March 28, 2017. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.01.030
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de Moraes EL, Dos Santos MJ, de Barros E Silva LB, de Lima Pilan LAS, de Lima EAA, de Santana AC, et al. Family Interview to Enable Donation of Organs for Transplantation: Evidence-based Practice. Transplant Proc. 2018;50(3):705–10. Published online March 25, 2018. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.056
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Nebiker M, Bloch A, Fedakar P, Christen L, Hurni A, Carré D, Cluzet S, Eckert P, Schefold JC. Organ donation in the ICU – a survey on next of kin response in two Swiss academic centres. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 23 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];151(2526):w20515. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/3021

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[1] Kittleson MM, Kobashigawa JA. Cardiac Transplantation: Current Outcomes and Contemporary Controversies. JACC Heart Fail. 2017;5(12):857–68. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2017.08.021

[2] Black CK, Termanini KM, Aguirre O, Hawksworth JS, Sosin M. Solid organ transplantation in the 21st century. Ann Transl Med. 2018;6(20):409. doi:.https://doi.org/10.21037/atm.2018.09.68

[3] BAG. Federal Act on the Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells [Internet]. 2017; [cited 2018 Dec 20] Available from https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/20010918/index.html

[4] Weiss J, Coslovsky M, Keel I, Immer FF, Jüni P ; Comité National du Don d’Organes. Organ donation in Switzerland--an analysis of factors associated with consent rate. PLoS One. 2014;9(9):e106845. Published online September 11, 2014. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106845

[5] Federal Department of Health: Numbers and facts on transplantation medicine [Internet]. 2018; [cited 2019 Dec 31] Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/zahlen-und-statistiken/zahlen-fakten-zu-transplantationsmedizin.html

[6] IRODaT Database [cited 2019 Dec 31] Available from: www.irodat.org.

[7] Weiss JH, Keel I, Immer FF, Wiegand J, Haberthür C, Comité N ; Comité National du Don d’Organes (CNDO). Swiss Monitoring of Potential Organ Donors (SwissPOD): a prospective 12-month cohort study of all adult ICU deaths in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14045. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14045

[8] Weiss J, Shaw D, Schober R, Abati V, Immer FF ; Comité National du Don d’Organes Cndo. Attitudes towards organ donation and relation to wish to donate posthumously. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14401. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2017.14401

[9] Swisstransplant: SwissPOD Reporting [Internet]. 2018; [cited 2018 Dec 20] Available from: https://www.swisstransplant.org/de/infos-material/statistiken/swisspod-reporting/

[10] Berntzen H, Bjørk IT. Experiences of donor families after consenting to organ donation: a qualitative study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2014;30(5):266–74. Published online May 13, 2014. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2014.03.001

[11] Birtan D, Arslantas MK, Dincer PC, Altun GT, Bilgili B, Ucar FB, et al. Effect of Interviews Done by Intensive Care Physicians on Organ Donation. Transplant Proc. 2017;49(3):396–8. Published online March 28, 2017. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.01.030

[12] Lloyd-Williams M, Morton J, Peters S. The end-of-life care experiences of relatives of brain dead intensive care patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009;37(4):659–64. Published online September 16, 2008. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.013

[13] de Moraes EL, Dos Santos MJ, de Barros E Silva LB, de Lima Pilan LAS, de Lima EAA, de Santana AC, et al. Family Interview to Enable Donation of Organs for Transplantation: Evidence-based Practice. Transplant Proc. 2018;50(3):705–10. Published online March 25, 2018. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.056

[14] Simpkin AL, Robertson LC, Barber VS, Young JD. Modifiable factors influencing relatives’ decision to offer organ donation: systematic review. BMJ. 2009;338(apr21 2):b991. Published online April 23, 2009. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b991

[15] Franz HG, DeJong W, Wolfe SM, Nathan H, Payne D, Reitsma W, et al. Explaining brain death: a critical feature of the donation process. J Transpl Coord. 1997;7(1):14–21. doi:.https://doi.org/10.7182/prtr.1.7.1.287241p35jq7885n

[16] Siminoff LA, Burant C, Youngner SJ. Death and organ procurement: public beliefs and attitudes. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2004;14(3):217–34. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1353/ken.2004.0034

[17] Shepherd L, O’Carroll RE, Ferguson E. An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study. BMC Med. 2014;12(1):131. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0131-4

[18] Willis BH, Quigley M. Opt-out organ donation: on evidence and public policy. J R Soc Med. 2014;107(2):56–60. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813507707