RT Book, Section
A1 Antommaria, Armand H. Matheny
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146124714
T1 Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation Orders
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124714
RD 2024/04/19
AB With  medicine’s  increasing  capabilities,  situations  arise  in  which  possible  interventions  will  not  serve  the  patient’s  or  the  family’s  goals  of  care.  Under  such  circumstances,  the  decision  to  forgo  treatment,  even  potentially  lifesaving  treatment,  may  be  appropriate.  This  chapter  discusses  one  means  of  limiting  treatment:  do-not-attempt-resuscitation  (DNAR)  orders.  It  describes  the  historical  development  of  DNAR  orders,  outlines  the  process  of  writing  such  orders,  and  explains  why  they  should  generally  not  be  written  unilaterally.  The  related  issues  of  family  presence  during  resuscitation  and  DNAR  orders  in  the  operating  room  and  outside  the  hospital  are  also  reviewed.