Do they have a choice? Surrogate decision-making after severe acute brain injury

AL Goss, RR Voumard, RA Engelberg… - Critical care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Pilot randomized clinical trial of a goals-of-care decision aid for surrogates of patients with severe acute brain injury

S Muehlschlegel, K Goostrey, J Flahive, Q Zhang… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Breakdowns in clinician-family communication in neurologic
intensive care units (neuroICUs) are common, particularly for goals-of-care decisions to …

Surrogates of patients with severe acute brain injury experience persistent anxiety and depression over the 6 months after ICU admission

B Wendlandt, C Olm-Shipman, A Ceppe… - Journal of pain and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Context Severe Acute Brain Injury (SABI) is neurologically devastating, and
surrogates for these patients may struggle with particularly complex decisions due to …

Concerns of surrogate decision makers for patients with acute brain injury: a US population survey

DY Hwang, AK Knies, D Mampre, S Kolenikov… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
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 …

Prognosis predictions by families, physicians, and nurses of patients with severe acute brain injury: agreement and accuracy

WA Kiker, R Rutz Voumard, W Plinke… - Neurocritical care, 2022 - Springer
Background Effective shared decision-making relies on some degree of alignment between
families and the medical team regarding a patient's likelihood of recovery. Patients with …

What families need and physicians deliver: contrasting communication preferences between surrogate decision-makers and physicians during outcome …

T Quinn, J Moskowitz, MW Khan, L Shutter… - Neurocritical care, 2017 - Springer
Background Surrogate decision-makers (“surrogates”) and physicians of incapacitated
patients have different views of prognosis and how it should be communicated, but this has …

Prognostication and shared decision making in neurocritical care

K Goostrey, S Muehlschlegel - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Prognostication is crucial in the neurological intensive care unit (neuroICU). Patients with
severe acute brain injury (SABI) are unable to make their own decisions because of the …

Predictors of surrogate decision makers selecting life-sustaining therapy for severe acute brain injury patients: an analysis of US population survey data

A Garg, AL Soto, AK Knies, S Kolenikov, M Schalk… - Neurocritical care, 2021 - Springer
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 …

Goal-concordant care after severe acute brain injury

R Rutz Voumard, KM Dugger, WA Kiker… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) lack decision-making capacity,
calling on families and clinicians to make goal-concordant decisions, aligning treatment with …

Prognostic uncertainty in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: a multicenter qualitative study

K Jones, T Quinn, KM Mazor, S Muehlschlegel - Neurocritical care, 2021 - Springer
Background Prognostic uncertainty is frequently cited as a barrier to communication
between physicians and patients and is particularly burdensome for surrogate decision …