Profiles of neurological outcome prediction among intensivists

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Racine, Eric ^a,b,c   Dion, Marie Josée ^a   Wijman, Christine A C ^d   Illes, Judy ^d,e,f   Lansberg, Maarten G ^d  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coma; Critical care; Ethics; Neuroethics; Neurology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMATOSE PATIENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; INTENSIVE CARE; PESSIMISM; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71949100287     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9225-9     Document Type: Article

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