Prevalence of palliative care patients in emergency departments.

Related Articles Prevalence of palliative care patients in emergency departments. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2019 Sep;131(17-18):404-409 Authors: Köstenberger M, Neuwersch S, Weixler D, Pipam W, Zink M, Likar R Abstract BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (ED) serve as a contact point for critically ill patients. According to experience, a fraction of patients visiting ED present with palliative symptoms and require palliative care; however, the prevalence of these patients has not been determined in Austria so far. METHODS: In the ED of a tertiary care medical centre in Carinthia all adult patients presenting between 8 January 2018 and 17 January 2018 were classified on arrival with the…
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