Some patients with brain injuries have life support withdrawn too soon, study suggests

Life support for patients with severe traumatic brain injury may sometimes be withdrawn too early, when it's possible that patients could eventually recover, new research suggests.

According to the American College of Surgeons, patients with severe TBI in the ICU should receive"full treatment" for at least 72 hours after they sustain an injury. However, in the U.S., there are currently no clinical guidelines as to which patients should then have life support withdrawn or when that should happen.

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Now, in the new study published May 13 in the Journal of Neurotrauma, researchers suggest that life support may occasionally be withdrawn when patients still have a chance of recovery. Among the 80 patients who were kept on life support, 55% died within six months of their injuries. However, among those who survived, more than 30%, or 24 patients, recovered at least some independence in daily activities within that same time frame.

The study is"certainly the best data that we have thus far," on this topic, Dr. Zachary Hickman, a neurosurgeon and assistant professor of neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System in New York who was not involved in the research, told Live Science.

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