Study finds early withdrawal of care may limit recovery in severe brain injury

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges assumptions about early withdrawal of care in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The research, published today in the journal Neurosurgery, suggests that more than 1 in 3 critically ill patients with TBI could have achieved partial independence if their life-sustaining care had not been withdrawn…