Background Emergency departments (ED) serve as a contact point for critically ill patients.
According to experience, a fraction of patients visiting ED present with palliative symptoms …

Background: Given the context of ageing populations globally, there are a growing number
of patients with chronic conditions, some of whom are in the final stages of their disease …

Background: A large gap exists between the practice of emergency medicine and palliative
care. Although hospice and palliative medicine has recently been recognized as a …

Background: Patients with palliative care needs frequently attend the emergency department
(ED). There is no international agreement on which patients are best cared for in the ED …

Abstract Background The Emergency Department (ED) is not always the optimal place for
people with palliative care needs but is the most common route for treatment when urgent …

Introduction Palliative care patients often present to the emergency department (ED) for
various reasons eg, acute illness, pain, altered mental status, and complications of therapy …

Objectives A growing number of patients die each year in hospital emergency departments
(EDs). Decisions to withhold or to withdraw life-support therapies occur in 80% of patients as …

Palliative care medical emergencies as a consequence of advanced cancer account for
approximately 3% of all prehospital emergency cases. Therefore, prehospital emergency …

Background The characteristics and outcomes of palliative patients who visited the
Emergency Department (ED) in Thailand, a country in which no standard palliative care …

Background: Palliative care has been identified as an area of low outpatient referral from our
emergency department, yet palliative care has been shown to improve the quality of patient's …