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Master of Public Health

Victory out of tragedy: organ donation

AUTHORS

Salim A , Cotton BA , . Trauma surgery & acute care open. 2024 4 15; 9(Suppl 2). e001408

ABSTRACT

Major improvements in trauma care during the last decade have improved survival rates in the severely injured. The unintended consequence is the presentation of patients with non-survivable injuries in a time frame in which intervention is considered and often employed due to prognostic uncertainty. In light of this, discerning survivability in these patients remains increasingly problematic. Evidence-based cut-points of futility can guide early decisions for discontinuing aggressive treatment and use of precious resources in severely injured patients arriving in extremis.

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