Surgical Decision Making for the Elderly Patients in Severe Head Injuries

OBJECTIVE: Age is a strong predictor of mortality in traumatic brain injuries. A surgical decision making is difficult especially for the elderly patients with severe head injuries. We studied so-called 'withholding a life-saving surgery' over a two year period at a university hospital. ME...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kyeong-Seok, Shim, Jae-Jun, Yoon, Seok-Man, Oh, Jae-Sang, Bae, Hack-Gun, Doh, Jae-Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2014
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Clinical Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024822
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2014.55.4.195

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024822
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2014.55.4.195

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