Abstract Purpose of Review Shared decision-making (SDM) can enhance communication
between healthcare providers and families in neurocritical care units (neuroICUs). This …

Importance Family members of patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) are at risk for
poor psychological outcomes. Objective To explore the utility of the early use of a palliative …

Introduction Exploring the experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals,
patients and caregivers toward serious illness conversations based on the Serious Illness …

Background Previous studies identified pre-existing DNR orders as a predictor of mortality
after surgery. We sought to evaluate mortality of patients receiving cranial neurosurgery with …

Introduction: Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. As
acute stroke patients often lose decision-making capacity, acute management is fraught with …

Objective Patients with advanced directives or Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
(MOLST), including “Do Not Resuscitate”(DNR) and/or “Do Not Intubate”(DNI), may be …

In the wake of severe acute brain injury (SABI), families and loved ones are frequently asked
to meet with ICU teams to discuss difficult decisions related to life and death. These …

Introduction Exploring the experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals,
patients and caregivers toward serious illness conversations based on the Serious Illness …

Background and Purpose The Neurology Mortality Review Committee at our institution
identified variability in location of death for patients on our inpatient neurology services …

Zusammenfassung Das Risiko lebensbedrohlicher Erkrankungen steigt mit zunehmenden
Alter, Gebrechlichkeit und Komorbiditäten, was sich in höheren Raten lebenserhaltender …