2021
End-of-Life Care Decision-Making in Stroke
Gao L, Zhao C, Hwang D. End-of-Life Care Decision-Making in Stroke. Frontiers In Neurology 2021, 12: 702833. PMID: 34650502, PMCID: PMC8505717, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.702833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStroke patientsImmediate post-stroke periodIntensive care unit careLong-term functional outcomeCare decisionsCode status changePost-stroke periodIntensive care unitIntracerebral hemorrhage patientsLong-term disabilityLife care discussionsLife-sustaining therapyCause of deathLife care decisionsClinician's subjectivityIschemic strokeUnit careCare unitHemorrhage patientsPatient survivalFunctional outcomeProvider recommendationPatient preferencesCare discussionsTreatment goals
2020
US Practitioner Attitudes Toward Tracheostomy Timing, Benefits, Risks, and Techniques for Severe Stroke Patients: A National Survey and National Inpatient Sample Analysis
Zhao CW, Hwang DY. US Practitioner Attitudes Toward Tracheostomy Timing, Benefits, Risks, and Techniques for Severe Stroke Patients: A National Survey and National Inpatient Sample Analysis. Neurocritical Care 2020, 34: 669-673. PMID: 33094469, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01127-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
History of Intracranial Hemorrhage Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytics
Sommaruga S, Chu S, Hwang D, Dearborn J, Sansing L, Cord B, Santarosa C, Samarth G, Petersen N, Gilmore E, Schindler J, Bijlenga P, Schaller K, Matouk C, Sheth K, Falcone G. History of Intracranial Hemorrhage Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytics. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery 2018, 79: s1-s27. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1660745.Peer-Reviewed Original Research