Palliative Care Consultations in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Receives Palliative Care Consultations and What Does that Mean for Utilization?
Theresa L WilliamsonSyed M AdilChidyaonga ShalitaLefko T CharalambousTaylor MitchellZidanyue YangBeth A ParenteHui-Jie LeePeter A UbelMonica E LemmonAnthony N GalanosShivanand P LadJordan M KomisarowPublished in: Neurocritical care (2022)
Palliative care usage for sTBI has increased dramatically this century and it reduces resource utilization. This is true across races, however, its usage rate and associated effect on decision making are race-dependent, with White patients receiving more PCE and being more likely to decline the use of a PEG tube if they have had a PCE.