Deciding whether to withdraw life support after a severe traumatic brain injury is extremely difficult. Loved ones are faced with balancing their hopes for recovery with the desire not to prolong ...

A high court judge ruled that doctors may withdraw life support from a 66-year-old man suffering from brain damage or prolonged disorder of consciousness on Tuesday. The man, who remained anonymous ...

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

A review of a limited number of cases of unresponsive patients with severe traumatic brain injuries raised questions about a custom of making a decision within 72 hours. By Gina Kolata When a patient ...

Families who must decide whether to remove a loved one from life support following a traumatic brain injury may be better off delaying that decision for several days beyond the customary timeline, new ...

Research published in the Annals of Surgery suggest surgeons may be unwilling to withdraw life support for patients with complications stemming from a medical error ...

Some patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who died because life support was withdrawn may have survived and recovered at least partial independence if the life sustaining treatment had ...

When a patient with a severe traumatic brain injury is comatose, in intensive care, unresponsive and hooked up to a ventilator, but not brain-dead, when is the time to withdraw life support? A small ...