Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More patients received palliative care referrals with a screening tool vs. traditional consultative methods. The ...

Critically ill patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) may benefit from palliative care, focusing on quality of life, when aggressive medical interventions will not improve outcomes or ...

Seventeen of these patients (49%) had positive palliative care screening tool results, but only 6 of the 17 patients (17%) received referrals for timely palliative care consults, with an average delay ...

To aid in decision-making processes and increase awareness around palliative care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), a research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...

Mobile Mammography, Race, and Insurance: Use Trends Over a Decade at a Comprehensive Urban Cancer Center The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) palliative care (PC) guideline recommends PC ...

Only 20 percent of patients being treated in the hospital for severe stroke received a palliative care consultation, and only 43 percent of patients who died in the hospital met with a palliative care ...

The authors conclude an 11-item screening tool seems to be a valid method for identifying patients with cancer who have complex PC needs and could benefit from a PC consult. Purpose: The National ...