ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Specialist Palliative Care Consultations in COVID-19 Patients in the ICU-A Retrospective Analysis of Patient Characteristics and Symptoms at a German University Hospital.
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- Specialist palliative care in different intensive care unit populations: a retrospective longitudinal study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Analyzing the use of specialized palliative care in intensive care unit patients in Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Perceptions on Specialist Palliative Care Involvement During and After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Qualitative Study.Critical care explorations · 2024Article
- More than the sum of its parts-A constructivist grounded-theory study on specialist palliative care during crises like the COVID pandemic.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of palliative care at end-of-life Covid-19 patients - a small-scale pioneering experience.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Palliative care in intensive care.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 patients who may require invasive therapeutic procedures such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have high symptom burden and in-hospital mortality. In addition, awake patients on ECMO are new in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Inpatient specialist palliative care (sPC) provides support such as symptom control on a physical, psychosocial and spiritual level. The field of sPC in COVID-19 patients is still new and important to investigate. We aim to analyze sPC of COVID-19 patients in the ICU with regard to patient characteristics and symptoms from a palliative care perspective. We conducted a retrospective analysis (03/2020-04/2021) and identified 51 ICU patients receiving sPC. The statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and comparisons of symptoms. The first sPC contact of patients (mean age 69.5 years, 62.7% male) was around 14 days after COVID-19 confirmation, and 43% were treated with ECMO therapy. The baseline symptom burden was high with a focus on weakness (100%), tiredness (98%), dyspnea (96%) and family burden (92%). The symptom intensity significantly decreased during the time period of sPC and COVID-19 treatment (t(99) = 3.119,
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