2022
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury
Steinberg A, Hudoba C, Hwang DY, Kramer NM, Mehta AK, Muehlschlegel S, Jones CA, Besbris J. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2022, 25: 1571-1578. PMID: 35639356, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0202.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Prognostication
Mac Grory B, Hwang D. Prognostication. 2018, 161-170. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93215-6_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurologic patientsDisease-directed treatmentFuture functional statusGoals of carePatient-centered goalsQuality of lifeObjective outcome dataFunctional statusPatient prognosisOutcome dataDisease processPrognosisPrognostic uncertaintyAccurate prognosisPatientsPrognostic estimatesEventual deathSerious newsTreatmentPotential pitfallsNeurologistsSubjective impressionsPrognosticationCliniciansHospice
2017
Factors Considered by Clinicians when Prognosticating Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes
Hwang DY, Chu SY, Dell CA, Sparks MJ, Watson TD, Langefeld CD, Comeau ME, Rosand J, Battey TWK, Koch S, Perez ML, James ML, McFarlin J, Osborne JL, Woo D, Kittner SJ, Sheth KN. Factors Considered by Clinicians when Prognosticating Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes. Neurocritical Care 2017, 27: 316-325. PMID: 28744847, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0430-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracerebral hemorrhageRadiographic factorsMethodsThis prospective observational studyClinical scalesPre-existing comorbiditiesProspective observational studyIntracerebral hemorrhage outcomesSubjective clinical judgmentJudgment of physiciansRankin ScaleICH patientsFunctional outcomeUS CentersObservational studyPrognostic scalesClinical teamClinical judgmentFUNC scoreNursesPhysiciansExamination componentsPatientsOutcomesPrognosticationClinicians