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Emily Cooke

Some patients with brain injuries have life support withdrawn too soon, study suggests

Close-up of a surgeon touching the hand of a patient who is lying in a hospital bed. Hospital machinery can be seen blurred in the background.

Life support for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may sometimes be withdrawn too early, when it's possible that patients could eventually recover, new research suggests. 

Every day, just under 200 Americans are estimated to die from a TBI, most commonly caused by fall, firearm-related injury or car crash.  

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