A Propensity-Matched Comparison of Capacity for Functional Recovery by 24 Months Post-traumatic Brain Injury in Patients Who Died After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy
In this single-center cohort, a meaningful proportion of severe TBI patients whose life-sustaining care was withdrawn could have recovered at least partial independence by 24 months postinjury.
Authors
- Regan M. Shanahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5846-9966)
- Jaeyong Shim
- John Yue
- Ava M. Puccio
- David O. Okonkwo
- Shawn R. Eagle
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003879
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00