Communicating prognosis /
Prognostication of acute neurologic disease is a major task for neurohospitalists and neurointensivists. The family conference raises the delicate matter of how to decide that outcome is indefinitely poor and how to define disability. This monograph is the first book on how to communicate prognosis...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Core principles of acute neurology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prognostication after traumatic brain injury
- Prognostication after ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
- Prognostication of coma after cardiac arrest
- Prognostication after brain injury-associated seizure and status epilepticus
- Prognostication after infections of the central nervous system
- Prognostication following acute neuromuscular disorders
- Principles of neuropalliation
- The conversation and words we use
- Withdrawal of support and palliation
- Troubleshooting : families who won't let go.