Self-fulfilling prophecies through withdrawal of care: Do they exist in traumatic brain injury, too?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-363

  Izzy, Saef ^a   Compton, Rebecca ^a   Carandang, Raphael ^a   Hall, Wiley ^a   Muehlschlegel, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognostication; Self fulfilling prophecies; Traumatic brain injury; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEPSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84890536958     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9925-z     Document Type: Article

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