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Suggest Treatment For Brain Damage

My father who is 85 yrs old choked on food and had a heart attack 8days ago. He responds to pain and opens his eyes briefly but rarely responds to verbal commands. They called and said he most likely has brain damage so I need to decide to remove from vent or prepare him Tracheostomy and food tube to be sent to long care facility in which other organs will fail eventually. Doctor had eeg done but called me without seeing it to give me these options. I would appreciate your thoughts
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Considering age and present clinical condition prognosis seems to be poor. If patient is not dependent on ventilator then I will suggest domiciliary care as he needs only supportive care and recovery will take time and also it will prevent hospital borne infections which could be fatal.Hope my advice will help you. Take care. Don't forget to rate me.
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Suggest Treatment For Brain Damage

Considering age and present clinical condition prognosis seems to be poor. If patient is not dependent on ventilator then I will suggest domiciliary care as he needs only supportive care and recovery will take time and also it will prevent hospital borne infections which could be fatal.Hope my advice will help you. Take care. Don t forget to rate me.