| Administration of comfort medication at end of life in neonates: effects of weight. | |
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PMID: 18697652 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To examine whether a relationship exists between a neonate's weight and the neonate's receipt of comfort medication between four hours prior to elective ventilator withdrawal and death. It was hypothesized that the greater the neonate's weight, the more likely the neonate was to receive comfort medication at end of life. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review. SAMPLE: One hundred seventy-one neonates in a midwestern Level III NICU who died after withdrawal of ventilatory support. RESULTS: Of the 171 neonates in the sample, 27.5 percent (n = 47) did not receive comfort medication within the designated time frame; neonates who weighed < 800 g were significantly less likely to receive comfort medication than were their heavier cohorts. CONCLUSION: In this sample, smaller neonates were given comfort medication less often while they were dying than were their larger counterparts. |
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Authors:
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Angela Lee Matthews; Susan O'Conner-Von |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neonatal network : NN Volume: 27 ISSN: 0730-0832 ISO Abbreviation: Neonatal Netw Publication Date: 2008 Jul-Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-08-13 Completed Date: 2008-10-17 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8503921 Medline TA: Neonatal Netw Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 223-7 Citation Subset: N |
Affiliation:
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Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. |
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Analgesia
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methods,
nursing,
statistics & numerical data Body Weight* Chi-Square Distribution Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data Female Humans Infant, Newborn Intensive Care, Neonatal / methods, statistics & numerical data Male Midwestern United States Neonatal Nursing / methods, statistics & numerical data Nurse's Role Nursing Assessment Nursing Audit Nursing Evaluation Research Pain / diagnosis, etiology, prevention & control* Pain Measurement Palliative Care / methods*, statistics & numerical data Patient Advocacy Patient Selection Retrospective Studies Time Factors Ventilator Weaning / adverse effects*, methods, nursing Withholding Treatment* |
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