Disparities in Palliative Care Among Critically Ill Patients With and Without COVID-19 at the End of Life: A Population-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The surge in critical illness and associated mortality brought by the coronavirus virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, coupled with staff shortages and restrictions of family visitation, may have adversely affected delivery of palliative measures, including at the end of life of affected patients. However, the population-level patterns of palliative care (PC) utilization among septic critically ill patients with and without COVID-19 during end-of-life hospitalizations are unknown.

Methods

A statewide dataset was used to identify patients aged ≥ 18 years with intensive care unit (ICU) admission and a diagnosis of sepsis in Texas, who died during hospital stay during April 1 to December 31, 2020. COVID-19 was defined by the International Classification of Disease

SUBMITTER: Oud L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature