Psychological Attachment Orientations of Surrogate Decision-Makers and Goals-of-Care Decisions for Brain Injury Patients in ICUs
Knies AK, Zhang Q, Juthani P, Tu S, Pach J, Martinez A, Monin JK, Hwang DY. Psychological Attachment Orientations of Surrogate Decision-Makers and Goals-of-Care Decisions for Brain Injury Patients in ICUs. Critical Care Explorations 2020, 2: e0151. PMID: 32696015, PMCID: PMC7340333, DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLife-sustaining therapyBrain injury patientsAcute brain injury patientsInjury patientsTherapy selectionNonwhite racePoor prognosisFisher's exact testAcademic medical centerCross-sectional surveyNeuroscience ICUPatient demographicsIndependent predictorsMedical CenterComfort measuresExact testConsecutive samplePatientsEligible respondentsTherapyICUCare decisionsFuture interventionsMultivariate modelSignificant predictors