Estimating the effect of palliative care interventions and advance care planning on ICU utilization: A systematic review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1102-1111

  Khandelwal, Nita ^a   Kross, Erin K ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Coe, Norma B ^b   Long, Ann C ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; critical care; end of life; intensive care unit utilization; length of stay; palliative care

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 84937638861     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000852     Document Type: Review

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