ArticleJournal of palliative medicine2012
Characteristics of emergency department patients who receive a palliative care consultation.
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- Mapping the future for research in emergency medicine palliative care: A research roadmap.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Article
- Palliative care in the emergency department during a COVID-19 pandemic.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Causes for Emergency Hospitalization of Neurological Patients With Palliative Care Needs.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Initiating palliative care consultation for acute critically ill patients in the emergency department intensive care unit.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2020Article
- Association of emergency department admission and early inpatient palliative care consultation with hospital mortality in a comprehensive cancer center.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- The Surprise Question Can Be Used to Identify Heart Failure Patients in the Emergency Department Who Would Benefit From Palliative Care.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2019Article
- A systematic review of the use of the electronic health record for patient identification, communication, and clinical support in palliative care.JAMIA open · 2018Article
- Characteristics of patients with an unplanned admission to an acute palliative care unit.Internal and emergency medicine · 2017Article
- Characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced cancer evaluated by a palliative care team at an emergency center. A retrospective study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Integrating palliative care in oncologic emergency departments: Challenges and opportunities.World journal of clinical oncology · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundA large gap exists between the practice of emergency medicine and palliative care. Although hospice and palliative medicine has recently been recognized as a subspecialty of emergency medicine, few palliative care teams routinely interact with emergency providers, and primary palliative care skills among emergency providers are lacking.
objectiveTo identify the proportion and characteristics of patients who receive a palliative care consultation and arrive via the emergency department (ED).
methodsA descriptive study of adult ED patients from an urban, academic tertiary care hospital who received a palliative care consultation in January 2005 or January 2009.
resultsIn January 2005, 100 of the 161 consults (62%) arrived via the ED versus 63 of 124 consults (51%) in January 2009 (p=0.06). Mean days from admission to consultation in January 2005 were six days (standard deviation 11), versus nine days (SD 26) in January 2009 (p=0.35). Three of the 100 consultations (3%) in January 2005 were initiated in the ED, versus 4 of the 64 (6%) in January 2009.
conclusionsAt an urban academic medical center with a well-developed palliative care service, the majority of palliative care consultations were for patients who arrive via the ED. Despite this, only a small minority of consultations originated from emergency providers and consultation was on average initiated days into a patient's hospital stay.
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