What Should We Learn From Early Hemodialysis Allocation About How We Should Be Using ECMO?

Daniel Gutteridge; Gabriel T Bosslet

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2019.421

What Should We Learn From Early Hemodialysis Allocation About How We Should Be Using ECMO?

AMA J Ethics. 2019 May 1;21(5):E421-428. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.421.

Authors

Daniel Gutteridge¹, Gabriel T Bosslet²

Affiliations

¹ An assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Occupational Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
² An associate professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Occupational Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where he is also the fellowship director for pulmonary and critical care medicine, and serves as an assistant dean for faculty affairs and professional development at Indiana University.

PMID: 31127922
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.421

Abstract

Early hemodialysis allocation deliberations should inform our current considerations of what constitutes reasonable uses of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Deliberative democracy can be used as a strategy to gather a plurality of views, consider criteria, and guide policy making.

MeSH terms

Attitude to Health*
Canada / epidemiology
Decision Making*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / ethics*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / trends*
Humans
Policy Making*
Renal Dialysis / ethics*
Renal Dialysis / trends*
Resource Allocation
Social Values
Stakeholder Participation
United Kingdom / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology