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Advance Care Planning in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Multisite Examination of Professional Judgments

Background and Objectives Lack of advance care planning (ACP) may increase hospitalizations and impact the quality of life for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents, especially African American residents who may be less likely to receive ACP…

Factors Associated With Advance Care Planning Discussions by Area Agency on Aging Care Managers.

Palliative care for acute kidney injury patients in the intensive care unit.

Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are often suitable for palliative care due to the high symptom burden. The role of palliative medicine in this patient population is not well defined and there is a lack of…

Tags: 2018, Acute kidney injury, Advance Directives, DelloStritto Daniel, Department of Internal Medicine, Dialysis, Gupta Mona, Hein William, Intensive care unit, Krishnappa Vinod, NEOMED College of Graduate Studies Student, NEOMED College of Medicine, Palliative Care, Raina Rupesh, World journal of nephrology

Transfer of DNR orders to the ED from extended care facilities.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: With an elderly and chronically ill patient population visiting the emergency department, it is important to know patients' wishes regarding care preferences and advanced directives. Ohio law states DNR orders must be transported…

Tags: *Advance Directives, *Critical Illness, *Health Services for the Aged, *Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2017, 80 and over, Advance Directives, Aged, Amireh Ahmad, Chaudhary Ali, Coding – Administration, Coding – Standards, Critical Illness, Do-not-resuscitate, Emergency Medical Services – Administration, Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration, Emergency Service, EMS, Extended care facilities, Female, Forms and Records Control/*organization & administration/standards, Frey Jennifer A, Health Services for the Aged, Hospital, Human, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, McQuown Colleen M, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/*statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Ohio, Outcome Assessment, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Advocacy, Physicians, Prospective Studies, Resuscitation Orders, Skilled Nursing Facilities, The American journal of emergency medicine

Improving a mature palliative care program at a Level I trauma center.

Background: Similar to the significant rise in the geriatric population in the United States, trauma centers have seen an increase in geriatric trauma patients. These patients present with additional challenges such as a higher likelihood of…

Nephrologists' subjective attitudes towards end-of-life issues and the conduct of terminal care.

Decisions which determine the duration and outcome of terminal care should be influenced by patient autonomy. Studies suggest, however, that end-of-life decision-making is more complex than a single principle and that physicians may be responsible…

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