Withdrawal of technological life support following subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-275

  Kowalski, Robert G ^a,b   Chang, Tiffany R ^a   Carhuapoma, J Ricardo ^a   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a   Naval, Neeraj S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Mortality; Outcome; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUNT AND HESS GRADE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890572293     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9929-8     Document Type: Article

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