The real-world effect of early screening for palliative care criteria in a medical intensive care unit: An instrumental variable analysis

The real-world effect of early screening for palliative care criteria in a medical intensive care unit: An instrumental variable analysis
Annals of the American Thoracic Society; by Chad H Hochberg, Rebecca A Gersten, Khyzer B Aziz, Margaret D Krasne, Li Yan, Alison E Turnbull, Daniel Brodie, Michelle Churchill, Danielle J Doberman, Theodore J Iwashyna, David N Hager; 2/25
Early identification of intensive care unit (ICU) patients likely to benefit from specialist palliative care could reduce the time such patients spend in the ICU receiving care inconsistent with their goals. Conclusions: Despite significantly increased specialty palliative care consultation, there was no evidence that early screening for palliative care criteria affected time to DNR/ICU discharge or other secondary outcomes.