2018
Minority Patients are Less Likely to Undergo Withdrawal of Care After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Ormseth CH, Falcone GJ, Jasak SD, Mampre DM, Leasure AC, Miyares LC, Hwang DY, James ML, Testai FD, Becker KJ, Tirschwell DL, Langefeld CD, Woo D, Sheth KN. Minority Patients are Less Likely to Undergo Withdrawal of Care After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2018, 29: 419-425. PMID: 29949003, PMCID: PMC6286261, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-018-0554-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracerebral hemorrhageHematoma volumeAdmission Glasgow Coma ScaleEthnic/Racial VariationsNon-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral Hemorrhage (ERICH) studyProspective cohort studyGlasgow Coma ScaleIntensive care unitWithdrawal of careSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageSimilar mortality ratesLogistic regression analysisRace/ethnicity modifiesRace/ethnicityCMO patientsHospital mortalityCohort studyRankin ScaleWhite patientsComa ScaleBlack patientsCare unitEndotracheal intubationICH patients
2015
Clinician judgment vs formal scales for predicting intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes
Hwang DY, Dell CA, Sparks MJ, Watson TD, Langefeld CD, Comeau ME, Rosand J, Battey TW, Koch S, Perez ML, James ML, McFarlin J, Osborne JL, Woo D, Kittner SJ, Sheth KN. Clinician judgment vs formal scales for predicting intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes. Neurology 2015, 86: 126-133. PMID: 26674335, PMCID: PMC4731687, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModified Rankin ScaleICH scoreIntracerebral hemorrhageSubjective clinical judgmentFUNC scorePhysicians' predictionsPrognostic scalesClinical teamClinical judgmentUS tertiary care centerPatient's clinical teamTertiary care centerProspective observational studyIntracerebral hemorrhage outcomesSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageRankin ScaleComfort careICH patientsFunctional outcomeCare centerPatient admissionsObservational studyComfort measuresPrognostic instrumentNeurologic practice