Open AccessThe palliative performance scale predicts survival among emergency department patients, Minia, Egypt
Author(s) -
Amany Edward Seedhom,
Nashwa Nabil Kamal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_50_17
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , palliative care , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , overall survival , cohort , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , nursing
Emergency department (ED) physicians provide care to patients with a wide range of prognoses, and must develop care plans that anticipate patient's survival. However, the tools available to guide care planning had limited data to support their use. There is a new concern to understand if palliative care (PC) should be offered in the ED and the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), a screening tool used in other settings in PC, has been little used in the ED.