Decisions to withdraw life support treatments in critically ill patients with severe brain injury are complicated, are based on many factors, and are usually made by critical care physicians and ...

"Factors influencing decisions by critical care physicians to withdraw life-sustaining treatments in critically ill adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury" is published June 17, 2019 ...

Previous research has highlighted the importance of brain-lung interaction in critically unwell individuals. However, further investigation is needed to understand the pathophysiological linkages ...

is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The fourth floor of the long-term-care hospital where I sometimes work houses patients with severe brain ...