Tag: palliative care
Palliative Care Consultation and End-of-life Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Palliative care consultation was not associated with CPR performed at the end-of-life but was associated with increased incidence of comfort care being utilized. These results suggest that utilizing palliative care consultation... read more
Variation in Pediatric Palliative Care Allocation Among Critically Ill Children in the United States
Palliative care consultation for critically ill children in the United States is low. Palliative care utilization is increasing but considerable variation exists across institutions, suggesting inequity in palliative care... read more
Palliative Care Considerations For Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Under COVID-19
COVID-19 has dramatically altered our world, health care systems and supply chains. Older adults with cardiovascular disease especially those over 80 years suffer disproportionately. This pandemic has stressed the capacity... read more
Association of Initiation of Dialysis with Hospital Length of Stay and Intensity of Care in Older Adults With Kidney Failure
In this cohort study, compared with non-dialysis care, patients who received maintenance dialysis spent more time in the hospital and were more likely to be admitted to intensive care units. This finding suggests trade-offs... read more
Is Intensive Care Becoming an Out-of-hours Acute Palliative Care Service?
First I will define what I conceive medicine to be. In general terms, it is to do away with the sufferings of the sick, to lessen the violence of their diseases, and to refuse to treat those who are overmastered by their... read more
That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour
As the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own was impossible to bridge, save for two elements: medicine and spirituality. Between... read more
Palliative Care in the Emergency Department As Seen By Providers and Users
This study provides insights into targets for changes in Italian Emergency Departments. Room for improvement relates to training for healthcare professionals on palliative care, the development of a shared care pathway for... read more
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine is the only book that uses a practical, question-and-answer approach to address evidence-based decision making in palliative medicine. Dr. Nathan E. Goldstein and Dr. R.... read more
Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life
This fourth edition of a comprehensive text/reference that has been valued by students, educators, and practicing nurses for many years, Palliative Care Nursing continues to reflect the fundamental hospice and palliative... read more
The ABC’s of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department
Many of us have heard the saying that emergency medicine is the best 15 minutes of every other specialty. This, is in part, due to the wide breadth of disease and knowledge one must have to take care of patients. In emergency... read more
Teaching Internal Medicine Residents About Palliative Care
A survey of nearly 800 resident physicians suggested that 90% deemed their residency education on the topic to be inadequate; 25% did not feel comfortable discussing end-of-life care with patients. Teachable moments in medicine... read more
Should doctors be required to inform patients of their palliative care rights?
I overheard a colleague admit an 84-year-old woman to the hospital from the emergency department for a sizable mass in her uterus — no doubt, cancerous. I pictured a frail woman who’d been suffering for a while and was... read more
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Awareness of Graduate Medical Education Trainees Regarding Palliative Care
Surgical trainees and trainees without previous PC rotation had significantly less awareness of PC. Overall, trainees perceived PC as beneficial to patients and capable of reducing costs while increasing survival; they also... read more
Meta-Analysis Shows Mixed Results with Palliative Care
Palliative care was tied to some improvements in quality of life (QOL) in critically ill patients, but the impact on caregiver outcomes was mixed, and there was no significant association between palliative care delivery... read more
A New Algorithm Identifies Candidates for Palliative Care by Predicting When Patients Will Die
End-of-life care can be stressful for patients and their loved ones, but a new algorithm could help provide better care to people during their final months. A paper published in arXiv by researchers from Stanford describes... read more
Palliative Care in Advanced HF Makes a Big Difference in Rare Controlled Trial
Patients with end-stage heart failure who received palliative care from an interdisciplinary team, along with usual evidence-based care, significantly improved in functional, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being compared... read more
Critical care at the end of life: a population-level cohort study of cost and outcomes
Despite the high cost associated with ICU use at the end of life, very little is known at a population level about the characteristics of users and their end of life experience. In this study, our goal was to characterize... read more
