Recovery potential in patients after cardiac arrest who die after limitations or withdrawal of life support.

JAMA Network Open

2025-03-25

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this cohort study of comatose patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest, most who died after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy were considered by experts to have had recovery potential. These findings suggest that novel solutions to avoiding deaths based on biased prognostication or incomplete information are needed.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, email elmerjp@upmc.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1714)

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