Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22663973›Full record

ReviewRespiratory care2012

Integration of palliative care in chronic critical illness management.

Judith E Nelson, Aluko A Hope

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Review in Respiratory care, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Home Care of Tracheostomized Chronically Critically Ill Patients: A Study of Caregivers' Burden and Comparison with the Burden of Palliative Care Patients in India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022
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  8. Attitudes towards Death, Perceptions of Hospice Care, and Hospice Care Needs among Family Members of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit.Han'guk Hosup'isu Wanhwa Uiryo Hakhoe chi = The Korean journal of hospice and palliative care · 2020
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  12. Quality of Dying in the Medical Intensive Care Unit: Comparison between Thai Buddhists and Thai Muslims.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2017
    Article
  13. Strategies to combat chronic critical illness.Current opinion in critical care · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Judith E NelsonDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. judith.nelson@mssm.edu
Aluko A Hope
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Informing Decisions in Chronic Critical Illness: An RCTR01NR012413 · NINR · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CARSON, SHANNON S, NELSON, JUDITH E · 2010 to 2014
$3.5M
Informing/Improving ICU Palliative Care for Older AdultsK07AG034234 · NIA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI NELSON, JUDITH E · 2009 to 2013
$540k
NIA NIH HHS K07 AG034234NIA NIH HHS K07-AG034234NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palliative care is an essential component of comprehensive care for all patients with chronic critical illness, including those receiving restorative or life-sustaining therapies. Core elements include alleviation of symptom distress, communication about care goals, alignment of treatment with the patient's values and preferences, transitional planning, and family support. Here we address strategies for assessment and management of symptoms, including pain, dyspnea, and depression, and for assisting patients to communicate while endotracheally intubated. We also discuss approaches to optimize communication among clinicians, patients, and families about care goals. Challenges for supporting families and planning for transitions between care settings are identified, while the value of interdisciplinary input is emphasized. We review "consultative" and "integrative" models for integrating palliative care and restorative critical care. Finally, we highlight key ethical issues that arise in the care of chronically critically ill patients and their families.

Indexed as

Respiration, ArtificialChronic DiseaseCommunicationCritical CareCritical IllnessEthics, MedicalHumansIntensive Care UnitsPalliative CarePhysician-Patient Relations

Identifiers

PMID22663973
PMCPMC5065723
OpenAlexW2102723705

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Registered trials

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