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Communicating prognosis / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wijdicks, Eelco F. M., 1954- author.
- Series:
- Core principles of acute neurology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Diseases--Diagnosis.
- Brain.
- Palliative treatment.
- Brain Diseases--diagnosis.
- Neurologic Manifestations.
- Palliative Care.
- Professional-Family Relations.
- Referral and Consultation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain Diseases--diagnosis.
- Neurologic Manifestations.
- Palliative Care.
- Professional-Family Relations.
- Referral and Consultation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Prognostication of acute neurologic disease is a major task for neurohospitalists Pand neurointensivists. The family conference raises the delicate matter of how to decide that outcome is indefinitely poor and how to define disability. This monograph discusses how to assess and communicate prognosis in acute neurologic conditions. Communicating Prognosis includes useful data on prognosis in all major neurologic conditions and provides practical advice on how to effectively make medical decisions. It centers on practical discussions with family members of patients who suffered a neurocatastrophy, while providing guidance in family conferences on how to best convey prognosis and how to proceed with palliative care is also discussed. Key Features, Provides data on prognosis in acute serious neurologic conditions, Details how to lead a family conference in a neurologically devastated patient, Discusses the essential principles of neuropalliation, Includes practical advice on conflict resolutions Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Prognostication after traumatic brain injury
- Prognostication after ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
- Prognostication of coma after cardiac arrest
- Prognostication after brain injury-associated seizure and status epilepticus
- Prognostication after infections of the central nervous system
- Prognostication following acute neuromuscular disorders
- Principles of neuropalliation
- The conversation and words we use
- Withdrawal of support and palliation
- Troubleshooting : families who won't let go.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2014).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Pepper Medical Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199322112
- 9780199322114
- Publisher Number:
- 99958071609
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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