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 …

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 …

Prognostication in Neurocritical Care : CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology
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Abstract Background/Objective Prognostication is a routine part of the delivery of
neurocritical care for most patients with acute neurocritical illnesses. Numerous prognostic …

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

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 …

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

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

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

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 …