Objective: We conducted a systematic review to answer three questions: 1) Do advance care
planning and palliative care interventions lead to a reduction in ICU admissions for adult …

Background The emergency department (ED) is increasingly used by patients with life‐
limiting illness. These patients are frequently admitted to the hospital, where they suffer from …

Background: There is controversy about how to manage requests by patients or surrogates
for treatments that clinicians believe should not be administered. Purpose: This multisociety …

This work examines the process of admission to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). ICUs
currently lack systematic admission criteria, largely because the impact of ICU admission on …

Objectives: Patients admitted to the neurological or neurosurgical ICU are likely to have
palliative care needs. The goals of this project are to encourage the ICU team to identify …

Purpose Inpatient palliative care consultation (IPCC) may help address barriers that limit the
use of hospice and the receipt of symptom-focused care for racial/ethnic minorities, yet little …

Palliative care consultations for patients with life-threatening illnesses provide benefits for
the patients and their families as well as for the health care team. Patients have better quality …

In the neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU), most patients lack the capacity to make their
own preferences known. This fact leads to situations where surrogate decision makers must …

Background: Mental illness correlates with an increased length of stay (LOS) for patients
hospitalized for medical conditions. While psychiatric consultations help manage mental …

Specialist palliative care (PC) often embraces a “less is more” philosophy that runs counter
to the revenue-centric nature of most health care financing in the US A special business …