Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities

Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities
Trauma Surgery Acute Care Open; by Amelia W Maiga, Vanessa Ho, Rachel S Morris, Lisa M Kodadek, Thaddeus J Puzio, Gail T Tominaga, Masami Tabata-Kelly, Zara Cooper; 3/25
Acute care surgeons routinely care for individuals who may benefit from palliative care. Patients exposed to traumatic injury, emergency surgical conditions, major burns and/or critical surgical illness are more likely to be experiencing a serious illness than other hospitalized patients. This narrative review summarizes the current state of research challenges and opportunities to address palliative care in acute care surgery.