End-of-Life Decisions in Abusive Head Trauma

Abusive head trauma is a significant and tragic cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and its victims often have a poor prognosis. With such high rates of morbidity and mortality, health care providers and parents are often faced with the decision to continue or discontinue life support for an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2012-03, Vol.129 (3), p.541-547
Hauptverfasser:	ELLINGSON, Clifford C, LIVINGSTON, Jared S, FANAROFF, Jonathan M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries - etiology Brain Injuries - mortality Brain Injuries - therapy Care and treatment Causes of Child Abuse - mortality Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data Child, Preschool Children Conflict of interests (Agency) Conflicts of interest Decision Making Diagnosis Ethics Female General aspects Head injuries Health aspects Humans Infant Injury Severity Score Liability, Legal Life Support Care - standards Life Support Care - trends Male Medical sciences Morbidity Mortality Needs Assessment Palliative care Parent and child Parent-child relations Parents & parenting Pediatrics Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation Terminal Care Trauma United States Withholding Treatment - legislation & jurisprudence Withholding Treatment - trends
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