Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment for Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is challenging for clinicians and families with limited evidence quantifying existing practices. Given the lack of standardized clinical guidelines, variable practice patterns across trauma centers seem likely.

Objective

To evaluate the factors influencing decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment across North American trauma centers for pediatric patients with severe TBI and to quantify any existing between-center variability in withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment practices.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data collected from 515 trauma centers through the American College of Surgeons Trauma Qua

SUBMITTER: Malhotra AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10733846 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature