Mortality High for Children Whose Caregivers Decline Tracheostomies, UTSW Study Shows
June 01, 2023
June 01, 2023
DALLAS, Texas, June 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
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Findings could help physicians better counsel caregivers on life-changing decision
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Forty percent of critically ill children whose parents or other caregivers declined tracheostomies died within 24 months, and half of all deaths occurred within six weeks, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's . . .
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Findings could help physicians better counsel caregivers on life-changing decision
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Forty percent of critically ill children whose parents or other caregivers declined tracheostomies died within 24 months, and half of all deaths occurred within six weeks, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's . . .