Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Language
English
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Journal
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
DOI
10.1136/tsaco-2024-001408
PMID
38646028
PMCID
PMC11029243
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
April 2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
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
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Ali Salim and Bryan A Cotton, "Victory Out of Tragedy: Organ Donation" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 2673.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/2673
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