Emergency department-initiated palliative care for advanced cancer patients: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kandarian, Brandon ^a   Morrison, R S ^a   Richardson, Lynne D ^a   Ortiz, Joanna ^b   Grudzen, Corita R ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emergency medicine; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902900173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-251     Document Type: Article

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