Many patients who died after traumatic brain injuries may have survived and recovered if their families had waited to take them off life support, a new study found. Researchers from Massachusetts ...

Family members are outraged after learning that their loved one was removed from life support at a Washington hospital - two years after he was killed in a medical mix-up. Now, the heartbroken family ...

NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) --Some patients with traumatic brain injuries who died after life support was withdrawn may have recovered if given more time, a new study indicates. The findings of the study, ...

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 ...

Within 72 hours of a patient being admitted with a severe traumatic brain injury, doctors often ask family members to make a difficult choice about whether to continue life support. Sturti / Getty ...

In a tragic case of mistaken identity, a new lawsuit alleges that a hospital inadvertently took the wrong patient off life support, leading to the death of his roommate. David Wells, 69, was rushed to ...

An unconscious man who was admitted to a hospital in Washington state in 2021 was taken off life support inadvertently when he was mistaken for someone else, according to two lawsuits. David Wells, 69 ...

A new state law in Texas that extends the notification period for hospitals to tell families that their loved ones will be taken off of life support will go into effect on Friday. The new law, which ...

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Nancy McGee, VP & GM, U.S. Patient Support Services, IQVIA Jennifer Millard, VP, U.S. Integrated Patient Support Services, IQVIA For patient support leaders, the start of a new calendar year is an ...