Open AccessInitiating palliative care consultation for acute critically ill patients in the emergency department intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Chien-Fang Yang,
Tsu-Te Yang,
Yu-Ju Tsou,
Min Lin,
Ju-Sing Fan,
Hsien-Hao Huang,
MingChe Tsai,
David Hung-Tsang Yen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000297
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , palliative care , intensive care unit , odds ratio , glasgow coma scale , emergency medicine , comorbidity , intensive care , intensive care medicine , surgery , nursing , psychiatry
Little is known about the characteristics of patients needing palliative care consultation in the emergency department (ED). This study aimed to investigate the impacts of initiating screening in acute critically ill patients needing palliative care on mortality, health care resources, and end-of-life (EOL) care in the intensive care unit in ED (EICU).