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Goal-Concordant Care After Severe Acute Brain Injury by Rutz Voumard, Rachel, Dugger, Kaley M., Kiker, Whitney A., Barber, Jason, Borasio, Gian Domenico, Curtis, J. Randall, Jox, Ralf J., Creutzfeldt, Claire J.

“…Background: Patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) lack decision-making capacity, calling on families and clinicians to make goal-concordant decisions,…”
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Adapting to a New Normal After Severe Acute Brain Injury: An Observational Cohort Using a Sequential Explanatory Design by Rutz Voumard, Rachel, Kiker, Whitney A., Dugger, Kaley M., Engelberg, Ruth A., Borasio, Gian Domenico, Curtis, J. Randall, Jox, Ralf J., Creutzfeldt, Claire J

“…Treatment decisions following severe acute brain injury need to consider patients' goals-of-care and long-term outcomes. Using family members as respondents,…”
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Mechanical Ventilation in Older Adults With Dementia: Opportunities to Promote Goal-Concordant Care by Pollack, Lauren R., Nomitch, Jamie T., Downey, Lois, Paul, Sudiptho R., Reed, May J., Uyeda, Alison M., Kiker, Whitney A., Dotolo, Danae G., Dzeng, Elizabeth, Lee, Robert Y., Engelberg, Ruth A., Kross, Erin K.

“…Recent studies show increasing use of mechanical ventilation among people living with dementia. There are concerns that this trend may not be driven by patient…”
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Prognosis Predictions by Families, Physicians, and Nurses of Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: Agreement and Accuracy by Kiker, Whitney A., Rutz Voumard, Rachel, Plinke, Wesley, Longstreth, W. T., Curtis, J. Randall, Creutzfeldt, Claire J.

“…Background Effective shared decision-making relies on some degree of alignment between families and the medical team regarding a patient’s likelihood of…”
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Admission Code Status and End-of-life Care for Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 by Kiker, Whitney A, Cheng, Si, Pollack, Lauren R, Creutzfeldt, Claire J, Kross, Erin K, Curtis, J Randall, Belden, Katherine A, Melamed, Roman, Armaignac, Donna Lee, Heavner, Smith F, Christie, Amy B, Banner-Goodspeed, Valerie M, Khanna, Ashish K, Sili, Uluhan, Anderson, 3rd, Harry L, Kumar, Vishakha, Walkey, Allan, Kashyap, Rahul, Gajic, Ognjen, Domecq, Juan Pablo, Khandelwal, Nita

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted variability in intensity of care. We aimed to characterize intensity of care among hospitalized patients with COVID-19…”
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Assessment of Discordance Between Physicians and Family Members Regarding Prognosis in Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury by Kiker, Whitney A, Rutz Voumard, Rachel, Andrews, Leah I B, Holloway, Robert G, Brumback, Lyndia C, Engelberg, Ruth A, Curtis, J Randall, Creutzfeldt, Claire J

“…Shared decision-making requires key stakeholders to align in perceptions of prognosis and likely treatment outcomes. For patients with severe acute brain…”
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Identification of Palliative Care Needs and Mental Health Outcomes Among Family Members of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury by Plinke, Wesley V, Buchbinder, Stephanie A, Brumback, Lyndia C, Longstreth, Jr, W T, Kiker, Whitney A, Holloway, Robert G, Engelberg, Ruth A, Curtis, J Randall, Creutzfeldt, Claire J

“…Family members of patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) are at risk for poor psychological outcomes. To explore the utility of the early use of a…”
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Adapting to a New Normal After Severe Acute Brain Injury: An Observational Cohort Using a Sequential Explanatory Design by Rutz Voumard, Rachel, Kiker, Whitney A., Dugger, Kaley M., Engelberg, Ruth A., Borasio, Gian Domenico, Curtis, J. Randall, Jox, Ralf J., Creutzfeldt, Claire J

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