Objective Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions near the end of life have been associated
with worse quality of life and burdensome costs. Patients may not benefit from ICU …

Background: Information is presently lacking about the end-of-life care in intensive care unit
(ICU). We explored the characteristics, mortality rates, and treatments received in the last …

Background Whether emergency physicians should utilize critical care resources for patients
with advance care planning directives is a complex question. Because the cost of intensive …

Objective Although most intensive care unit (ICU) admissions originate in the emergency
department (ED), a substantial number of admissions arrive from hospital wards. Patients …

Rationale: Admissions to ICUs are common during terminal hospitalizations, but little is
known about how ICU care affects the end-of-life experience for patients dying in hospitals …

Introduction: The emergency department receives a whole breadth of patient types. Those
who are imminently dying may attend the emergency department in the hours or days …

Abstract Introduction Many emergency departments (EDs) have established units capable of
providing critical care because of increasing need for critical care, called as ED intensive …

Objective: Terminally ill patients at their end-of-life (EOL) phase attending the emergency
department (ED) may have complex and specialized care needs frequently overlooked by …

Importance Overall, 1 of 5 decedents in the United States is admitted to an intensive care
unit (ICU) before death. Objective To describe structures, processes, and variability of end-of …

Providing end of life care (EOLC) in emergency departments (EDs) is challenging because
of minimal resources, lack of staff education and outdated models of care. Dynamic, chaotic …