Predictors of Surrogate Decision Makers Selecting Life-Sustaining Therapy for Severe Acute Brain Injury Patients: An Analysis of US Population Survey Data.
Anisha GargAlexandria L SotoAndrea K KniesStanislav KolenikovMarci SchalkHeather HammerDouglas B WhiteRobert G HollowayKevin N ShethLiana FraenkelDavid Yi-Gin HwangPublished in: Neurocritical care (2021)
Several demographic and decisional characteristics of US surrogate decision makers predict LST selection for patients with severe brain injury with varying degrees of poor prognosis. Surrogates concerned about the cost of medical care may nevertheless be inclined to select LST, albeit with high levels of decisional uncertainty, for patients projected to have severe disabilities.
Keyphrases
- brain injury
- poor prognosis
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- long non coding rna
- cerebral ischemia
- early onset
- machine learning
- blood brain barrier
- cross sectional
- electronic health record
- climate change
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- drug induced
- data analysis