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From: Eleven-year retrospective study characterizing patients with severe brain damage and poor neurological prognosis -role of physicians’ attitude toward life-sustaining treatment

Fig. 2

Patients’ distribution and EEG findings. EEG was performed in 29.8% of the patients with brainstem reflex [-] and 69.4% of those with brainstem reflex [ +]. In the subgroup with brainstem reflex [-], paucity of survivors failed to demonstrate the specific role of EEG implementation (p = 0.088) nor its findings (p = 1.0) in the prognosis of the patients

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BMC Palliative Care

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