Ethical approach to surrogate consent for hemicraniectomy in older patients with extensive middle cerebral artery stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2833-2835

  Lukovits, Timothy G ^a   Bernat, James L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decision support techniques; ethics; neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84906816591     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005923     Document Type: Article

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