Surrogates ’ Assessment of Patient’s Minimally Acceptable Recovery and Recalibration after Severe Acute Brain Injury (GP785)

Severe acute brain injury (SABI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that requires complex decisions. As patients commonly lack decision-making capacity, surrogates are called upon to make life-or-death treatment decisions that are challenged by uncertainty regarding prognosis and patient ’s presumed goals of care (GoC).

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - June 20, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Rachel Rutz Voumard, Whitney Kiker, Rachael Schutz, Gian D. Borasio, J. Randall Curtis, Ralf Jox, Claire Creutzfeldt Source Type: research