Withdrawal of Life-supporting Treatment in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Williamson T, Ryser MD, Ubel PA, Abdelgadir J, Spears CA, Liu B, Komisarow J, Lemmon ME, Elsamadicy A, Lad SP. Withdrawal of Life-supporting Treatment in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Surgery 2020, 155: 723-731. PMID: 32584926, PMCID: PMC7301301, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere traumatic brain injuryLife-supporting treatmentTraumatic brain injuryBrain injurySurgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program databaseTrauma Quality Improvement Program databaseLower Glasgow Coma Scale scoreHigher Injury Severity ScoreQuality Improvement Program databaseGlasgow Coma Scale scoreImprovement Program databaseInjury Severity ScoreSelf-pay patientsDependent health statusOlder patientsAdult patientsClinical factorsWhite patientsBlack patientsMultivariable analysisTrauma centerDisseminated cancerSeverity scoreProgram databaseRetrospective analysis