High burden of palliative needs among older intensive care unit survivors transferred to post-Acute care facilities

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 458-465

  Baldwin, Matthew R ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^b   Reyfman, Paul A ^a   Narain, Wazim R ^c   Blinderman, Craig D ^a   Schluger, Neil W ^a,b   Reid, M Cary ^d   Maurer, Mathew S ^a   Goldstein, Nathan ^e,f,g   Lederer, David J ^a,b   Bach, Peter ^g  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g International Center for Health Related Outcomes and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Critically ill; Nursing homes; Palliative medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC WOUND; CLERGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84892150268     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201303-039OC     Document Type: Article

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