How can we be helpful? Triggers for palliative care consultation in the surgical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1147-1148

  Wood, Gordon J ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Palliative care; Referral and consultation; Surgery; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

CIRCULATION; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECOVERY ROOM; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 62849091984     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819bb858     Document Type: Editorial

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