| Autor: |
Kupensky D; St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio (Mss Kupensky, Hileman, and Chance); and Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio (Mr Emerick)., Hileman BM, Emerick ES, Chance EA |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses [J Trauma Nurs] 2015 Sep-Oct; Vol. 22 (5), pp. 261-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1097/JTN.0000000000000151 |
| Abstrakt: |
The impact of Palliative Medicine Consultation (PMC) on geriatric trauma patients' outcomes was evaluated. It was hypothesized that patients with PMC would have a shorter length of stay. Patients aged 65 years or older and admitted to trauma services were analyzed. Patients with a PMC were more likely to have a documented advance directive discussion (P < .001) and a code status update (P < .001). Length of stay was reduced for patients with a PMC on or before trauma day 2 compared to those with a PMC after trauma day 2. Palliative Medicine should be consulted early into a geriatric patient's hospital stay. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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