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End-of-life decisions in patients with severe acute brain injury

End-of-life decisions in patients with severe acute brain injury

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End-of-life decisions in patients with severe acute brain injury

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Full title

End-of-life decisions in patients with severe acute brain injury

Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

Lancet neurology, 2014-05, Vol.13 (5), p.515-524

Language

English

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Publisher

England: Elsevier Ltd

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Contents

Summary Most in-hospital deaths of patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, or postanoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest occur after a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments. Decisions on treatment restrictions in these patients are generally complex and are based only in part on evidence from published work. Prognost...

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End-of-life decisions in patients with severe acute brain injury

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1528341535

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1528341535

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ISSN

1474-4422

E-ISSN

1474-4465

DOI

10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70030-4

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