The influence of objective prognostic information on the likelihood of informed consent for decompressive craniectomy: A study of Australian anaesthetists

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 659-665

  Honeybul, S ^a   O'Hanlon, S ^a,b   Ho, K M ^a,c   Gillett, G ^a,d  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Decompressive craniectomy; Neurotrauma; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79960462185     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900420     Document Type: Article

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