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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Objective: Physicians and surrogate decision-makers for seriously ill patients often have
different views of patients' prognoses. We sought to understand what sources of knowledge …