An integrated model of palliative care in the emergency department (ED) of an inner city
academic teaching center utilized existing hospital resources to reduce hospital length of …

The World Health Organization defines palliative care as “care which improves the quality of
life of patients and families who face life-threatening illness, by providing pain and symptom …

Introduction: Presentations by patients with advanced illness to the Emergency Department
(ED) towards the end-of-life can be distressing for both patients and caregivers. With an …

Abstract Background: Overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) and the staff within them
are often not able to address the complex physical and psychosocial needs of people at the …

Background: There is increasing interest in moving palliative care (PC) upstream to the
emergency department (ED). However, barriers to PC provision in ED exist and are not yet …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify hospital-level factors from the administrative perspective
that affect the availability and delivery of palliative care services in the emergency …

Background To determine the international recommendations and current practices for the
treatment and prevention of palliative emergencies. The primary goal of the study was to …

Background: People with advanced cancer frequently present to hospital ED s. International
studies report conflicting attitudes towards providing such care and difficulties with …

Emergency medical service (EMS) is frequently called to care for a seriously ill patient with a
life-threatening or life-limiting illness. The seriously ill include both the acutely injured …

Objetivo Analizar la evolución de pacientes en mala situación clínica en Urgencias
(probable situación de últimos días) detectada a través de la revisión de historias clínicas …