Ethical approach to surrogate consent for hemicraniectomy in older patients with extensive middle cerebral artery stroke
Stroke
.
2014 Sep;45(9):2833-5.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005923.
Epub 2014 Aug 12.
Authors
Timothy G Lukovits
1
,
James L Bernat
2
Affiliations
1
From the Department of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. timothy.g.lukovits@hitchcock.org.
2
From the Department of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
PMID:
25116872
DOI:
10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005923
No abstract available
Keywords:
decision support techniques; ethics; neurosurgery.
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Aging*
Brain Ischemia / physiopathology*
Decompressive Craniectomy / methods*
Humans
Stroke / physiopathology*