The American journal of hospice & palliative care
Documented Family-Clinician Interactions Prior to Palliative Care Consultation Associated With Less Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy Among Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.
Vikas N Vattipally, Oishika Das, Jacob Jo, Carlos A Aude, Kathleen R Ran, Patrick Kramer, Mazin Elshareif, Ganiat A Giwa, Jordina Rincon-Torroella, Risheng Xu, Jose I Suarez, Debraj Mukherjee, Judy Huang, Susanne Muehlschlegel, Tej D Azad
Published: 202510.1177/10499091251411393
Abstract
BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) often requires decisions about withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST). Palliative care consultation (PCC) plays a central role in facilitating these decisions, yet the impact of family-clinician communicat…
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