End-of-life care decision-making in stroke

L Gao, CW Zhao, DY Hwang - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability in the United States.
Though advances in interventions have improved patient survival after stroke …

Palliative care interventions and end-of-life care as reported by patients' post-stroke and their families: a systematic review

N Govind, C Ferguson, JL Phillips… - European journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Internationally, there is an urgent need to implement guidelines supporting integration
of palliative care into stroke clinical practice. Despite considerable advances in acute stroke …

Long-term psychological distress among surrogate decision makers for Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White patients with severe stroke

LB Morgenstern, CJ Becker, R Lank, C Ortiz, G Zhang… - Neurology, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives During acute hospitalizations, physicians often focus on the
stroke patient and not family who may be traumatized by this sudden change to their loved …

Surrogate Decision-Making After Stroke in a Community Setting: The OASIS Project

DB Zahuranec, C Ortiz, RJ Lank, G Zhang, X Shi… - Stroke, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Patients with severe stroke often rely on surrogate decision-makers for life-
sustaining treatment decisions. We investigated ethnic differences between Mexican …

Decision Making for Patients With Severe Dementia Versus Normal Cognition Near the End of Life

LH Nicholas, SD Halpern, DR Weir, MY Baum… - Innovation in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives The clinical progression of severe dementia frequently
leads to situations where surrogate decision makers must quickly make choices about …

Barriers to Surrogate Application of Patient Values in Medical Decisions in Acute Stroke: Qualitative Study in a Biethnic Community

RJ Lank, LB Morgenstern, C Ortiz, E Case… - Neurocritical Care, 2024 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to identify barriers to surrogate decision-maker
application of patient values on life-sustaining treatments after stroke in Mexican American …

Comfortable Nursing in the Intraoperative MRI Evaluation Combined with Microsurgery in the Treatment of Functional Area Glioma

T Shen, R Wang, X Zhao, L Wang… - Concepts in Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study was aimed to investigate the application value of magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) scanning examination in the preoperative treatment of functional glioma and to …