Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Trauma and Emergency Surgery.
Lindsay K HainesAllyson C CookJustin S HatchimonjiVanessa P HoElle L KalbfellKathleen M O'ConnellJacinta C RobenstineMathias SchlöglChristine C ToevsChristopher A JonesRobert S KrouseNiels D MartinPublished in: Journal of palliative medicine (2021)
There is growing interest in, and need for, integrating palliative care (PC) into the care of patients undergoing emergency surgery and those with traumatic injury. Thus, PC consults for these populations will likely grow in the coming years. Understanding the nuances and unique characteristics of these two acutely ill populations will improve the care that PC clinicians can provide. Using a modified Delphi technique, this article offers 10 tips that experts in the field, based on their broad clinical experience, believe PC clinicians should know about the care of trauma and emergency surgery patients.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- advanced cancer
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- healthcare
- public health
- emergency department
- patients undergoing
- surgical site infection
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- quality improvement
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- emergency medical
- trauma patients
- acute coronary syndrome