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Cynda Hylton Rushton
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 78
Citations - 2890
Cynda Hylton Rushton is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 60 publications receiving 2461 citations. Previous affiliations of Cynda Hylton Rushton include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Children's National Medical Center.
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Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine
Robert D. Truog,Margaret L. Campbell,J. Randall Curtis,Curtis E. Haas,John M. Luce,Gordon D. Rubenfeld,Cynda Hylton Rushton,David C. Kaufman +7 more
TL;DR: End-of-life care is emerging as a comprehensive area of expertise in the ICU and demands the same high level of knowledge and competence as all other areas of ICU practice.
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New and lingering controversies in pediatric end-of-life care
Mildred Z. Solomon,Deborah E. Sellers,Karen S. Heller,Deborah Dokken,Marcia Levetown,Cynda Hylton Rushton,Robert D. Truog,Alan R. Fleischman +7 more
TL;DR: The extent to which physicians and nurses in critical care, hematology/oncology, and other subspecialties are in agreement with one another and with widely published ethical recommendations regarding the withholding and withdrawing of life support, the provision of adequate analgesia, and the role of parents in end-of-life decision-making was determined.
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The circulatory-respiratory determination of death in organ donation.
James L. Bernat,Alexander Morgan Capron,Thomas P. Bleck,Sandralee Blosser,Susan L. Bratton,James F. Childress,Michael A. DeVita,Gerard J. Fulda,Cynthia J. Gries,Mudit Mathur,Thomas A. Nakagawa,Cynda Hylton Rushton,Sam D. Shemie,Douglas B. White +13 more
TL;DR: The use of unmodified extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the circulatory determination of death donor after death is declared should be abandoned because, by restoring brain circulation, it retroactively negates the previous death determination.
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Bereavement debriefing sessions: an intervention to support health care professionals in managing their grief after the death of a patient.
TL;DR: Bereavement debriefing sessions can be one aspect of an effective approach to supporting health care professionals in managing their grief in caring for children with life-threatening conditions.
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The physician's role in discussing organ donation with families.
Michael A. Williams,Pamela A. Lipsett,Cynda Hylton Rushton,Eugene Grochowski,Ivor Berkowitz,Stephen Mann,John Shatzer,M. Short,Myron Genel +8 more
TL;DR: The number of organs procured for transplantation in the United States is insufficient to meet needs, and physicians have an important role in caring for patients and families in these circumstances, and the care they provide is enhanced through training, attention to the special issues involved, and collaboration with organ procurement organization personnel.