Background Prognostic uncertainty is frequently cited as a barrier to communication
between physicians and patients and is particularly burdensome for surrogate decision …

Background Surrogate decision-makers (“surrogates”) and physicians of incapacitated
patients have different views of prognosis and how it should be communicated, but this has …

Background: Surrogate communication with providers about prognosis in the setting of acute
critical illness can impact both patient treatment decisions and surrogate outcomes …

Objectives: In the early phase of severe acute brain injury (SABI), surrogate decision-makers
must make treatment decisions in the face of prognostic uncertainty. Evidence-based …

Introduction. Shared Decision-Making may facilitate information exchange, deliberation, and
effective decision-making, but no decision aids currently exist for difficult decisions in …

Background Patients with a severe acute brain injury admitted to the intensive care unit often
have a poor neurological prognosis. In these situations, a clinician is responsible for …

Objective To develop and demonstrate early feasibility of a goals-of-care decision aid for
surrogates of patients who are critically ill with traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) that meets …

Objective To determine whether groups of surrogates for patients with severe acute brain
injury (SABI) with poor prognosis can be identified based on their prioritization of goals-of …

In the neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU), most patients lack the capacity to make their
own preferences known. This fact leads to situations where surrogate decision makers must …

Improved resuscitation methods and advances in critical care have significantly increased
the survival of patients presenting with devastating brain injuries compared to prior decades …