Faculty and Staff Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Journal
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Abstract
Major improvements in trauma care during the last decade have improved survival rates in the severely injured. The unintended consequence is the presentation of patients with non-survivable injuries in a time frame in which intervention is considered and often employed due to prognostic uncertainty. In light of this, discerning survivability in these patients remains increasingly problematic. Evidence-based cut-points of futility can guide early decisions for discontinuing aggressive treatment and use of precious resources in severely injured patients arriving in extremis.
Keywords
brain death, Delivery of Health Care, Ethics
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PMID: 38646028