The Impact of a Palliative Care Team on Residents' Experiences and Comfort Levels with Pediatric Palliative Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly L. Wu ◽  
Jennifer Friderici ◽  
Sarah L. Goff
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care ◽  
Comfort Levels ◽  
The Impact

Evaluating the impact of early versus late inpatient palliative care consultation for cancer patients.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6638-6638
Author(s):  
Brian Cassel ◽  
Patrick J. Coyne ◽  
Nevena Skoro ◽  
Kathleen Kerr ◽  
Egidio Del Fabbro
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Palliative Care Consultation ◽  
Social Security Death Index ◽  
Hospital Deaths ◽  
Care Consultation ◽  
The Impact

6638 Background: Access to specialist palliative care (hospital-based or hospice) is a recognized measure of quality in cancer care. Most cancer centers do have palliative care consult services, although the availability of a comprehensive program that includes a palliative care unit and outpatient clinic (Hui 2010) is inconsistent. A simultaneous integrated model of palliative care that facilitates earlier access to a specialized palliative care team may improve clinical outcomes. Palliative care programs should measure the access, timing and impact of their clinical service. Methods: Hospital claims data were linked to Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data from the US Department of Commerce. 3,128 adult cancer patients died between January 2009 and July 2011 and had contact with our inpatient palliative care team in their last six months of life. We determined whether IPC earlier than 1 month prior to death had an impact on hospitalizations, in-hospital mortality and referral to hospice. Results: 27.5% of cancer decedents accessed IPC, median of 22 days before death. 13.2% were discharged to hospice, median of 13 days before death. Patients with IPC earlier than 1 month until death were more likely to have hospice and fewer in-hospital deaths but there was no association between early IPC and a 30-day mortality admission. Conclusions: Palliative care services are accessed by a minority of patients and typically in the last 2-3 weeks of life. Although in-hospital deaths were reduced by earlier palliative care consultation, 30 day mortality did not improve. Hospitals may need to implement other strategies including early integration of outpatient palliative care among cancer patients, to achieve an impact on 30-day mortality admissions. [Table: see text]

The Effect of Palliative Care Team Design on Referrals to Pediatric Palliative Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Keele ◽  
Heather T. Keenan ◽  
Susan L. Bratton
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care ◽  
Team Design

The benefits of a hospital palliative care team

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 345-352
Author(s):  
Federica Sganga ◽  
Christian Barillaro ◽  
Andrea Tamburrano ◽  
Nicola Nicolotti ◽  
Andrea Cambieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Severe Heart Failure ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
Hospital Death ◽  
Hospital Outcome ◽  
The Impact

Aim: To investigate the association between a hospital palliative care unit assessment and hospital outcome. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study. Data were assessed from all patients treated and followed by the hospital palliative care team (HPCT) from November 2016 until December 2017. Results: The mean age of the 588 patients was 73.15±13.6 years. All of the patients included in the study were referred to palliative care. A large proportion of patients were affected by cancer, 69.7% (410), while 30.3% (178) were affected by an advanced chronic illness. The three most frequent cancers were: gastrointestinal (n=81, 19.8%), gynaecological (n=66, 16.1%) and lung (n=63, 15.4%); the three most frequent chronic advanced diseases were: advanced dementia (n=45, 25.3%), severe ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke (n=36, 20.2%) and severe heart failure (n=25, 15.3%). The majority of patients were in clinical wards (n=476, 81.0%) and the average length of stay was 22.9 days. Hospital outcome trends were evaluated in terms of length of stay and number of deaths that occurred in the hospital. In particular, length of stay decreased from 25.8 days to 18.1 days, hospital death from 13 to 0 during the time that the HPCT assessed patients for an appropriate discharge. Conclusion: The HPCT is an effective means of managing patients affected by severe illness, reducing the number of deaths that occur within the hospital, long periods of hospitalisation and instances of readmission. However, further studies are required to fully assess the impact of an HPCT on hospital outcomes.

Development of a Pediatric Palliative Care Team

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Ward-Smith ◽  
Jill Burris Linn ◽  
Rebecca M. Korphage ◽  
Kathy Christenson ◽  
C.J. Hutto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care

The implementation of a pediatric palliative care team in a pediatric tertiary hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 398-399
Author(s):  
Priscila Dias Alves ◽  
Neulanio Francisco de Oliveira ◽  
Lisandra Parcianello Melo Iwamoto ◽  
Adriana de Rezende Dias ◽  
Cristiane Gonçalves dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care

Proxy-Reported Quality of Life and Family Impact for Children Followed Longitudinally by a Pediatric Palliative Care Team

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meaghann Weaver ◽  
Christopher Wichman ◽  
Cheryl Darnall ◽  
Sue Bace ◽  
Catherine Vail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care ◽  
Family Impact
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