Early mortality following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
The authors reviewed the charts of 1,421 patients with cerebral hemorrhage to determine the cause of death. Limitation or withdrawal of life-sustaining interventions was the most common cause of death (68%) followed by brain death (28%). Neurologic reasons were the most common cause of delayed decisions to withdraw or limit therapy. Brain death was more common in African Americans, whereas life-sustaining interventions were withdrawn or limited early more often in whites.
Zurasky
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Neurology/Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Aiyagari
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Zazulia
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Shackelford
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Diringer
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D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D002423:Cause of Death; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors; D044465:White People