Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients’ Odds After Some Strokes: Study

News Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Health Day News: February 7, 2013

THURSDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — Doctors may sometimes be too pessimistic about a patient’s potential for recovery after a major bleeding incident occurs in the brain, a new study suggests.

As a result, some families could be deciding to stop their loved one’s life support too soon, pre-empting the possibility of successful rehabilitation and recovery from a certain form of stroke.

The research found that more than one-third of people who have had life support stopped after having a type of bleeding in the brain called an intracerebral hemorrhage — considered the most lethal form of stroke — might have eventually regained an acceptable level of functioning if the life support had been maintained. Read more

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