Kurzfassung

Patients with critical illness in surgical intensive care units and their families are assumed to have palliative needs which are not adequately addressed in routine intensive care.
In a prospective before-and-after interventional study we enroll patients with unmet palliative care needs according to defined trigger criteria in a 22-bed academic surgical intensive care unit. The study intervention comprises palliative care consultations in addition to standard of care. It will be examined if...Patients with critical illness in surgical intensive care units and their families are assumed to have palliative needs which are not adequately addressed in routine intensive care.
In a prospective before-and-after interventional study we enroll patients with unmet palliative care needs according to defined trigger criteria in a 22-bed academic surgical intensive care unit. The study intervention comprises palliative care consultations in addition to standard of care. It will be examined if early and proactive palliative care consultations lead to an increased family satisfaction in the ICU and to decreased patient distress and depression. The study will also evaluate if proactive palliative care has an impact on length of stay in the ICU, hospital, and on patients’ 1-year-survival.» weiterlesen» einklappen