Background: Severe traumatic brain injury often leads to death from withdrawal of life-
sustaining therapy, although prognosis is difficult to determine. Methods: To evaluate …

Importance There are limited data on which factors affect the critical and complex decision to
withdraw life-supporting treatment (LST) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) …

Objectives: Accurate prognostic information in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
remains limited, but mortality following the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies is high and …

Background In patients with severe brain injury, withdrawal of life-sustaining measures
(WLSM) is common in intensive care units (ICU). WLSM constitutes a dilemma: instituting …

Objective We examined factors associated with withdrawal of care (WOC) in moderate-
severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) patients, and how WOC may affect short-term mortality …

Considerable effort and resources have been devoted to preserving life in patients with
severe closed traumatic brain injury (TBI). We sought to identify temporal trends in mortality …

Objectives: To determine the long‐term mortality pattern of adults with severe traumatic brain
injury (TBI), and to identify the risk factors associated with death in this group. Design …

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of age on intensity of care provided to traumatically brain-
injured adults and to determine the influence of intensity of care on mortality at discharge …

Importance Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 2.9 million visits to US emergency
departments annually and frequently involves a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Early …

The management of patients with severe brain injury falls within the disciplines of
emergency medical services, trauma, critical care, neurology and neurosurgery …