Palliative care screening for ICU admissionsCourage, CWaselewsky, DEdelen, AKostaroff, AZalenski, R
The project team used clinical indicators as the foundation of the screening tool, based on work from the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU Project of the Center to Advance Palliative Care. It was designed as a flow sheet in the electronic health record to be completed by the nurse within...
Palliative care in the ICU can be delivered by the ICU team itself, specialist-trained palliative care consultants, or a combination of both. Though initial reports describing end-of-life care practices in the ICU were published in 1976, the modern era of palliative care research in the ICU ...
The aim of the present study was to assess the criterion validity and inter-rater reliability of a PC screening tool for patients admitted to an emergency department intensive care unit (ED-ICU). Method Observational retrospective study evaluating PC screening criteria based on the presence of ...
Purpose: Pain, dyspnea, and thirst are three of the most prevalent, intense, and distressing symptoms of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. In this report, the interdisciplinary Advisory Board of the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU (IPAL-ICU) Project brings together expertise in bo...
Palliative care in the ICU: relief of pain, dyspnea, and thirst—A report from the IPAL-ICU Advisory Board 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 120 摘要: Relief of symptom distress is a key component of critical care for all ICU patients, regardless of condition or prognosis. Evidence-...
needs of Neuro-ICU patients were considered different from patients in other ICUs by the majority of respondents (66%).#Our study provides insights into the current perceptions, practice patterns, and preferences of neurointensivists as it relates to palliative care consultation in the Neuro-ICU....
Initially, palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) was designed to improve hospice care. Today it has emerged as a core component of ICU care. ICU palliative care should follow the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice and fidelity. To integrate primary pal...
Pain, dyspnea, and thirst are three of the most prevalent, intense, and distressing symptoms of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. In this report, the interdisciplinary Advisory Board of the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU (IPAL-ICU) Project brings together expertise in both critical care...
Conclusions: Integrating palliative medicine specialists into intensive care was associated with a significant increase in use of palliative medicine services and a significant decrease in ICU length of stay for referred patients without a significant increase in mortality. The screening tool effectively ...