Patterns of palliative care service consultation in a sample of critically ill ICU patients at high risk of dying

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-23

  Seaman, Jennifer B ^a   Barnato, Amber E ^a   Sereika, Susan M ^b   Happ, Mary Beth ^c   Erlen, Judith A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; End of life care; Palliative care; Patient centered outcomes; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001133160     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2016.08.008     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. 1 Bergbom-Engberg, I., Haljamae, H., Assessment of patients' experience of discomforts during respirator therapy. Crit Care Med 17 (1989), 1068–1072.
2. 2 Puntillo, K.A., Arai, S.R., Cohen, N.H., et al. Symptoms experienced by intensive care unit patients at high risk of dying. Crit Care Med 38 (2010), 2155–2160, 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f267ee.
3. 3 Puntillo, K.A., Morris, A.B., Thompson, C.L., Stanik-Hutt, J.R., White, C.A., Wild, L.R., Pain behaviors observed during six common procedures: results from Thunder Project II. Crit Care Med 32 (2004), 421–427.
4. 4 Rotondi, A., Chelluri, L., Sirio, C., et al. Patients' recollection of stressful experiences while receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 30 (2002), 746–752.
5. 5 Gorecki, C., Closs, S.J., Nixon, J., Briggs, M., Patient-reported pressure ulcer pain: a mixed-methods systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage 42 (2011), 443–459, 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f267ee.
6. 6 van de Leur, J., van der Schans, C., Loef, B., Deelman, B., Geertzen, J., Zwaveling, J., Discomfort and factual recollection in intensive care unit patients. Crit Care 8 (2004), R467–R473.
7. 7 Strumpf, N.E., Evans, L.K., Physical restraint of the hospitalized elderly: perceptions of patients and nurses. Nurs Res 37 (1988), 132–137.
8. 8 Sullivan-Marx, E., Psychological responses to physical restraint use in older adults. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 33 (1995), 20–25.
9. 9 Cutler, L.R., Hayter, M., Ryan, T., A critical review and synthesis of qualitative research on patient experiences of critical illness. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 29 (2013), 147–157, 10.1016/j.iccn.2012.12.001.
10. 10 Samuelson, K.A., Unpleasant and pleasant memories of intensive care in adult mechanically ventilated patients—findings from 250 interviews. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 27:2 (2011), 76–84, 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.01.003.
11. 11 Chelluri, L., Im, K.A., Belle, S.H., et al. Long-term mortality and quality of life after prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med 32 (2004), 61–69, 10.1097/01.CCM.0000098029.65347.F9.
12. 12 Cox, C., Carson, S., Lindquist, J., et al. Differences in one-year health outcomes and resource utilization by definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care, 11, 2007, R9, 10.1186/cc5667.
13. 13 Angus, D.C., Barnato, A.E., Linde-Zwirble, W.T., et al. Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: an epidemiologic study. Crit Care Med 32 (2004), 638–643.
14. 14 Cook, D., Rocker, G., Dying with dignity in the intensive care unit. NEJM 370 (2014), 2506–2514, 10.1056/NEJMra1208795.
15. 15 Downey, L., Curtis, J.R., Lafferty, W.E., Herting, J.R., Engelberg, R.A., The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QODD): empirical domains and theoretical perspectives. J Pain Symptom Manage 39 (2010), 9–22, 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.012.
16. 16 Aslakson, R.A., Curtis, J.R., Nelson, J.E., The changing role of palliative care in the ICU. Crit Care Med 42 (2014), 2418–2428, 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000573.
17. 17 National Consensus for Quality Palliative Care. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. 3rd ed., 2013, National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, Pittsburgh PA.
18. 18 Casarett, D., Pickard, A., Bailey, F.A., et al. Do palliative consultations improve patient outcomes?. J Am Geriatr Soc 56:4 (2008), 593–599, 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01610.x.
19. 19 O'Mahony, S., McHenry, J., Blank, A.E., et al. Preliminary report of the integration of a palliative care team into an intensive care unit. Palliat Med 24:2 (2010), 154–165, 10.1177/0269216309346540.
20. 20 Goldsmith, B., Dietrich, J., Du, Q., Morrison, R.S., Variability in access to hospital palliative care in the United States. Palliat Med 11:8 (2008), 1094–1102, 10.1089/jpm.2008.0053.
21. 21 Nelson, J.E., Cortez, T.B., Curtis, J.R., et al. Integrating palliative care in the ICU: the nurse in a leading role. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 13 (2011), 89–94, 10.1097/NJH.0b013e318203d9ff.
22. 22 Position Statement on Access to Palliative Care in Critical Care Settings: A Call to Action, 2008, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA.
23. 23 Angus, D.C., Truog, R.D., Toward better ICU use at the end of life. JAMA 315 (2016), 255–256, 10.1001/jama.2015.18681.
24. 24 Palliative Care Services: Solutions for Better Patient Care and Today's Health Care Delivery Challenges, 2012, Health Research & Educational Trust, Chicago.
25. 25 Greener, D.T., Quill, T., Amir, O., Szydlowski, J., Gramling, R.E., Palliative care referral among patients hospitalized with advanced heart failure. J Palliat Med 17 (2014), 1115–1120, 10.1089/jpm.2013.0658.
26. 26 Happ, M.B., Sereika, S.M., Houze, M.P., et al. Quality of care and resource use among mechanically ventilated patients before and after an intervention to assist nurse-nonvocal patient communication. Heart Lung 44:5 (2015 Sep–Oct), 408–415.
27. 27 Seaman, J.B., Barnato, A.E., Sereika, S.M., Erlen, J.A., Happ, M.B., Nurse-sensitive Care Quality Outcomes among Mechanically Ventilated Adults at End-of-Life in the ICU. September, 2014, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, DC.
28. 28 Knaus, W., Draper, E., Wagner, D., Zimmerman, J., APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system. Crit Care Med 13 (1985), 818–829.
29. 29 Knaus, W.A., Wagner, D.P., Draper, E.A., et al. The APACHE III prognostic system. Risk prediction of hospital mortality for critically ill hospitalized adults. Chest 100 (1991), 1619–1636.
30. 30 Bach, P.B., Schrag, D., Begg, C.B., Resurrecting treatment histories of dead patients: a study design that should be laid to rest. JAMA 292 (2004), 2765–2770.
31. 31 Seaman, J.B., Evans, A.C., Sciulli, A.M., Barnato, A.E., Sereika, S.M., Happ, M.B., Abstracting ICU nursing care quality data From the electronic health record. West J Nurs Res, 2016 Sep 7 pii: 0193945916665814. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27605024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193945916665814.
32. 32 Emanuel, E.J., Emanuel, L.L., The promise of a good death. Lancet 351 (1998), SII21–SII29.
33. 33 Chochinov, H.M., Hack, T., Hassard, T., Kristjanson, L.J., McClement, S., Harlos, M., Dignity in the terminally ill: a cross-sectional, cohort study. Lancet 360 (2002), 2026–2030, 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)12022-8.
34. 34 Gruenewald, D.A., White, E.J., The illness experience of older adults near the end of life: a systematic review. Anesthesiol Clin 24 (2006), 163–180, 10.1016/j.atc.2005.12.003.
35. 35 Hall, S., Chochinov, H., Harding, R., Murray, S., Richardson, A., Higginson, I., A Phase II randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of dignity therapy for older people in care homes: study protocol. BMC Geriatr, 9, 2009, 9, 10.1186/1471-2318-9-9.
36. 36 Evans, L.K., Strumpf, N.E., Myths about elder restraint. Image J Nurs Sch 22 (1990), 124–128.
37. 37 Baldwin, M.R., Wunsch, H., Reyfman, P.A., et al. High burden of palliative needs among older intensive care unit survivors transferred to post-acute care facilities. a single-center study. Ann Am Thorac Soc 10 (2013), 458–465, 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201303-039OC.
38. 38 Nelson, J.E., Bassett, R., Boss, R.D., et al. Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit: a report from the IPAL-ICU Project (Improving Palliative Care in the ICU). Crit Care Med 38 (2010), 1765–1772, 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e8ad23.
39. 39 National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Website. Available at: https://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/search?q=ICU+care+and+communication+bundle. Accessed 16 April 2014.
40. 40 Bishop, J.P., Perry, J.E., Hine, A., Efficient, compassionate, and fractured: contemporary care in the ICU. Hastings Cent Rep 44 (2014), 35–43, 10.1002/hast.330.
41. 41 IOM. Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life. 2014, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.
42. 42 Hua, M.S., Li, G., Blinderman, C.D., Wunsch, H., Estimates of the need for palliative care consultation across United States intensive care units using a trigger-based model. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 189:4 (2013), 428–436, 10.1164/rccm.201307-1229OC.
43. 43 Carson, S.S., Cox, C.E., Wallenstein, S., et al. Effect of palliative care-led meetings for families of patients with chronic critical illness: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 316 (2016), 51–62, 10.1001/jama.2016.8474.