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 at the end-of-life may better align the needs and values of patients with the care they receive.

3,227 patients were included in the analysis.

There was no significant difference in the incidence of palliative care consultation between the CPR and no-CPR groups.

Patients who received comfort care at the end-of-life were significantly more likely to have received palliative care consultation.

After propensity matching for comfort care on demographic characteristics and comorbidities, this relationship was still significant.

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