Communicating prognosis
Prognostication of acute neurologic disease is a major task for neurohospitalists and neurointensivists. The family conference raises the delicate matter of how to decide that outcome is indefinitely poor and how to define disability. This monograph is the first book on how to 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 lead such a conference…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Communicating prognosis / Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.
Summary
Prognostication of acute neurologic disease is a major task for neurohospitalists and neurointensivists. The family conference raises the delicate matter of how to decide that outcome is indefinitely poor and how to define disability. This monograph is the first book on how to 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 lead such a conference and how to resolve potential conflicts. This book provides straightforward common sense on-the-spot advice and touches on all aspects of support of devastated families.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (145 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199322114, 0199322112
- oclc:on1090484867
- LC Classification:RC348
- Dewey Decimal:616.8/075014
Table of Contents
Cover; Communicating Prognosis; Series; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction to the Series; 1 Prognostication After Traumatic Brain Injury; 2 Prognostication After Ischemic or Hemorrhagic Stroke; 3 Prognostication After Cardiac Resuscitation; 4 Prognostication after Seizures or Status Epilepticus; 5 Prognostication After CNS Infections; 6 Prognostication After Acute Neuromuscular Disorders; 7 Principles of Neuropalliation; 8 The Conversation and Words We Use; 9 Withdrawal of Support and Palliation; 10 Troubleshooting: Families Who Won't Let Go; Index.
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
La sociologie: histoire, idées, courants
Openness, secrecy, authorship: technical arts and the culture of knowl…
Long, Pamela O.
The Social Dynamics of Open Data
Diagnostic pathology
La sociologie: histoire, idées, courants
Crossover fiction: global and historical perspectives
Beckett, Sandra L., (Sandra Lee)
Material matters: architecture and material practice
Files & Downloads
-
Communicating Prognosis -- (.pdf)
PDF · 2.9 MB · updated
Rate & Review