Assessment of Discordance Between Physicians and Family Members Regarding Prognosis in Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Shared decision-making requires key stakeholders to align in perceptions of prognosis and likely treatment outcomes.

Objective

For patients with severe acute brain injury, the objective of this study was to better understand prognosis discordance between physicians and families by determining prevalence and associated factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods cross-sectional study analyzed a cohort collected from January 4, 2018, to July 22, 2020. This study was conducted in the medical and cardiac intensive care units of a single neuroscience center. Participants included families, physicians, and nurses of patients admitted with severe acute brain injury.

Exposures

Severe acute brain injury was defined as stroke, traumatic brain

SUBMITTER: Kiker WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8531991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature