Protocolised approach to end-of-life care in the ICU-the ICU PALCare pilot project

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-340

  Rajamani, A ^a   Barrett, E ^a   Weisbrodt, L ^a   Bourne, J ^a   Palejs, P ^a   Gresham, R ^a   Huang, S ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; ICU

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DYING; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84929747026     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1504300309     Document Type: Article

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