Abstract Background Many Intensive Care Unit (ICU) deaths include patient and family
suffering. While there is a need to include palliative care in the ICU, such care is often …

Palliative care (PC) and end-of-life (EOL) care are gaining importance in the management of
critically ill patients in the ICU. Residents form a significant work force in the ICU and most …

Intensive care units are providing increasing amounts of palliative care. Accordingly,
integrating palliative care as a component of comprehensive critical care has been identified …

Background The Institute of Medicine's report, Dying in America, highlights the critical need
for the widespread implementation of palliative care to improve end-of-life care. 1 …

In Our Unit palliative care, we are somehow “failing” the patient. We determined that a
palliative care program would greatly enhance the care received by our patients and their …

The provision of palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is increasing. While some
scholars have suggested the goals of palliative care to not be aligned with the ICU, some …

Background: Most patients die in hospital settings either in intensive care unit (ICU),
emergency department (ED) or other departments. In Saudi Arabia, approximately 23,000 …

Background Palliative care should be an integral component of comprehensive ICU care for
all critically ill patients. Objectives We aimed to study and describe the impact of an ICU …

Objective: To describe models used in successful clinical initiatives to improve the quality of
palliative care in critical care settings. Data Sources: We searched the MEDLINE database …

Background: Palliative care in intensive care units (ICUs) reduces costs and improves
outcomes yet is consistently underused; studies suggest that screening tools increase the …