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Estimates of the Need for Palliative Care Consultation across United States Intensive Care Units Using a Trigger-based Model

2013; American Thoracic Society; Volume: 189; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1164/rccm.201307-1229oc

1535-4970

May Hua, Guohua Li, Craig D. Blinderman, Hannah Wunsch,

Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Use of triggers for palliative care consultation has been advocated in intensive care units (ICUs) to ensure appropriate specialist involvement for patients at high risk of unmet palliative care needs. The volume of patients meeting these triggers, and thus the potential workload for providers, is unknown.