Diederik W.J. Dippel

Treatment restrictions after acute stroke across nine European countries and their association with 90-day mortality: a post hoc analysis of the PRECIOUS randomised controlled trial

Background In patients with acute stroke, early withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies is associated with an increased risk of death. We used practice variation across nine European countries to assess whether this relation may be causal. Methods We performed a po...