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Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury.

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Steinberg, A; Hudoba, C; Hwang, DY; Kramer, NM; Mehta, AK; Muehlschlegel, S; Jones, CA; Besbris, J
Published in: J Palliat Med
October 2022

Palliative care (PC) teams commonly encounter patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) following anoxic or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Primary teams may consult PC to help surrogates in making treatment choices for these patients. PC clinicians must understand the complexity of predicting neurologic outcomes, address clinical nihilism, and appropriately guide surrogates in making decisions that are concordant with patients' goals. The purpose of this article was to provide PC providers with a better understanding of caring for patients with DOC, specifically following anoxic or TBI. Many of the tips acknowledge the uncertainty of DOC and provide strategies to help tackle this dilemma.

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J Palliat Med

DOI

EISSN

1557-7740

Publication Date

October 2022

Volume

25

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1571 / 1578

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Palliative Care
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Gerontology
  • Decision Making
  • Consciousness
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Steinberg, A., Hudoba, C., Hwang, D. Y., Kramer, N. M., Mehta, A. K., Muehlschlegel, S., … Besbris, J. (2022). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury. J Palliat Med, 25(10), 1571–1578. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0202
Steinberg, Alexis, Christine Hudoba, David Y. Hwang, Neha M. Kramer, Ambereen K. Mehta, Susanne Muehlschlegel, Christopher A. Jones, and Jessica Besbris. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury.J Palliat Med 25, no. 10 (October 2022): 1571–78. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0202.
Steinberg A, Hudoba C, Hwang DY, Kramer NM, Mehta AK, Muehlschlegel S, et al. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury. J Palliat Med. 2022 Oct;25(10):1571–8.
Steinberg, Alexis, et al. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury.J Palliat Med, vol. 25, no. 10, Oct. 2022, pp. 1571–78. Pubmed, doi:10.1089/jpm.2022.0202.
Steinberg A, Hudoba C, Hwang DY, Kramer NM, Mehta AK, Muehlschlegel S, Jones CA, Besbris J. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Disorders of Consciousness: A Focus on Traumatic and Anoxic Brain Injury. J Palliat Med. 2022 Oct;25(10):1571–1578.
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Published In

J Palliat Med

DOI

EISSN

1557-7740

Publication Date

October 2022

Volume

25

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1571 / 1578

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Palliative Care
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Gerontology
  • Decision Making
  • Consciousness
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services