Futility in neurosurgery: A patient-centered approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 917-922

  Honeybul, Stephen ^a   Gillett, Grant R ^b   Ho, Kwok ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Futility; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENTRICULOSTOMY CATHETER;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84889081818     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000014     Document Type: Article

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