Withdrawal of life support in critically ill neurosurgical patients and in-hospital death after discharge from the neurosurgical intensive care unit: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 396-404

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a   Hacein Bey, Lotfi ^a   Schultz, Lonni ^b   Conti, Mary ^c   Spanaki, Marianna V ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Hidden mortality rate; Intensive care unit; Neurointensivist; Neurosurgical department; Withdrawal of life support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 68849092998     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.JNS08493     Document Type: Article

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