Factors associated with the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A multicenter cohort study

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-160

  Côte, Nicolas ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,b   Lauzier, François ^a,b   Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Scales, Damon C ^c   Bernard, Francis ^d   Zarychanski, Ryan ^e   Burns, Karen E A ^f   Meade, Maureen O ^g   Zygun, David ^h   Simard, Jean François ^b   Boutin, Amélie ^b   Brochu, Jacques G ^a   Fergusson, Dean A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life; Mortality; Risk factors; Traumatic brain injury; Withdrawal of life sustaining therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HERNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84873435442     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9787-9     Document Type: Article

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