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ArticleCureus2024

Emergency Department Management of Common End-of-Life and Palliative Care Symptoms: Three Cases.

Alice Chang, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alice ChangEmergency Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.
James EspinosaEmergency Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.
Alan LucernaEmergency Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergency department (ED) is at times the only place where patients can turn for symptom relief. Patients of all ages may turn to the ED for help with the management of end-of-life (EOL) and palliative care (PC) symptoms. Emergency medicine (EM) is a specialty that manages disease-directed treatment for a variety of acute conditions. In contrast, EOL and PC are focused on improving quality of life. Patients with serious illness, even hospice patients, present to the ED in increasing numbers for symptom management. It has become essential for emergency physicians to care for patients who are not seeking life-sustaining measures but instead need quality-of-life interventions. The development of a clear, concise review of the most common acute symptoms can provide a framework for EM physicians to adequately address the needs of patients at the EOL. Here, we discuss three cases that highlight the management of five of the most common EOL and PC presentations to the ED.

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dyspnea management at the end of lifeend-of-life carepain management at the end of lifepalliative caresymptom management at the end of life

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PMID38445127
PMCPMC10912970

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