OBJECTIVE: To assess @entity341 ( @entity341 ) relatives' and @entity1 ' opinions on: (1) discussing @entity347 ( @entity347 ) with relatives soon after @entity341 death after @entity1167 and (2) acceptability of organ preservation procedures both before and after discussion with relatives. METHODS: Questionnaire study; convenience sample. RESULTS: 200 questionnaires were completed. 37.5% of @entity1 were male subjects; mean age was 40.4 (SD 16.9; range 15-85) years. There was no difference in the number willing to discuss @entity347 after @entity204 in intensive care unit compared with circulatory death in the @entity341 (72% vs 72%; p=0.146). The majority were willing to discuss @entity347 soon after @entity341 death after @entity1167 (106; 54%). 41 (21%) were not willing and 43 (22%) had no strong views (n=198). Organ preservation procedures (groin tube insertion, continuation of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation and continuation of ventilator) were acceptable to between 48% and 57% of respondents if performed before discussion with family increasing to an acceptability of between 64% and 69% after discussion with family. One in four respondents felt these procedures were not acceptable regardless of the timing of discussion with family and some felt these procedures were more acceptable if the @entity1 was a registered organ donor. 122 (61%) @entity1 wished to donate their organs after death but only 59 (30%) were registered donors. CONCLUSIONS: (1) The majority of @entity1 and their relatives are not averse to @entity347 being discussed shortly after @entity341 death. (2) Organ preservation procedures are acceptable to many. Prior discussion and prior organ donor registration may improve acceptability.

Are the public ready for XXXX after out of hospital @entity1167 ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['ED', 'Emergency Department'] @entity1167 :: ('MESH:D006323', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac arrest'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['brainstem death'] @entity347 :: ('MESH:D019965', 'Disease') :: ['organ donation', 'OD']
@entity347 :: (MESH:D019965,Disease) :: ['organ donation']
