title: Outcome predictors in the early withdrawal of life support: issues of justice and allocation for the severely brain injured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Toms
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000401:mortality; D001926:Brain Death / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001927:Brain Diseases; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000401:mortality; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018579:Patient Selection; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012935:Social Justice; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase