Medical providers are commonly called upon to synthesize available clinical information to estimate a patient's prognosis and make treatment recommendations. In patients with severe brain injury, accurate prognostication can be challenging. At the same time, treatment recommendations (e.g. long-term support or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy) are important.
This survey focuses on the specific example of prognostication of outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest with anoxic brain injury. Our goal is to understand provider values and preferences so that new prognostication strategies we are developing meet providers' needs. The survey is intended for any healthcare provider who cares for patients with acute brain injury.