Objectives: Palliative care is an interprofessional specialty as well as an approach to care by
all clinicians caring for patients with serious and complex illness. Unlike hospice, palliative …

Dyspnea is a cardinal symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and its
severity and magnitude increases as the disease progresses, leading to significant disability …

Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering by controlling symptoms and to provide
other support to patients and families in order to maintain and improve their quality of living …

Background The need for palliative care in the intensive care unit is increasing. Whether
gaps and variations in palliative care education and use are associated with moral distress …

Background This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that
patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and …

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 …

Objective: To review the use of screening criteria (also known as “triggers”) as a mechanism
for engaging palliative care consultants to assist with care of critically ill patients and their …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) supports patients in identifying and documenting
their preferences and timely discussing them with their relatives and healthcare …

Background Despite the positive impact of Palliative Care (PC) on the quality of life for
patients and their relatives, the implementation of PC in non-cancer health-care delivery in …

Objective: Although successful models for palliative care delivery and quality improvement
in the intensive care unit have been described, their applicability in surgical intensive care …