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 …

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 …

Background and Objectives Breakdowns in clinician-family communication in neurologic
intensive care units (neuroICUs) are common, particularly for goals-of-care decisions to …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Many patients hospitalized after severe acute brain injury are comatose and require life-
sustaining therapies. Some of these patients make favorable recoveries with continued …

Abstract Context Severe Acute Brain Injury (SABI) is neurologically devastating, and
surrogates for these patients may struggle with particularly complex decisions due to …

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 …