Any event that precipitates intensive care unit (ICU) admission may lead to irreversible
worsening of the symptoms from a chronic disease or an acute event. The multidisciplinary …

Creutzfeldt et al Palliative Care in Acute Stroke 2715 examining the clinical characteristics of
the subset of stroke patients seen by palliative care specialists18, 23–25: Compared with …

The unaddressed palliative care needs of patients with advanced, nonmalignant, lung
disease highlight the urgent requirement for new models of care. This study describes a new …

Purpose Aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess health status and care
dependency in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or …

Among an estimated 5.1 million Americans with heart failure, the prevalence of advanced
disease is 5% to 10%. 1 As such, nearly half a million Americans struggle with significant …

Importance Palliative care consultations in intensive care units (ICUs) are increasingly
prompted by clinical characteristics associated with mortality or resource utilization …

Advanced respiratory diseases progress over time and often lead to death. As the condition
worsens, patients may lose medical decision-making ability. Advance care planning (ACP) …

The presence of acute or chronic respiratory failure is often seen as a terminal phase of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A great variability in end-of-life practice is observed …

Alguns dos pacientes admitidos em uma unidade de terapia intensiva podem enfrentar
condições de doença terminal, que geralmente levam à morte. O conhecimento sobre …

Rationale: Dyspnea is a common and distressing physical symptom among patients in the
ICU and may be underdetected and undertreated. Objectives: To determine the frequency of …