Impact of a Comprehensive Palliative Quality Improvement Initiative (ICU-PAL) in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early palliative care practice implementation in the intensive care unit (ICU) improves advance care planning, promotes patient and family satisfaction, and decreases health care costs. The consensus for protocolized palliative care delivery is unknown. We assessed the impact of a qualitive improvement educational intervention that promotes the identification of critically ill patients who will benefit from early expert palliative care interventions.

Methods

In this observational study, we examined the impact of an educational intervention that promoted (1) early detection of palliative care triggers (PCT) during ICU multidisciplinary rounds (MDRs), (2) admission and 48-hour pain assessment, and (3) family meetings within the first 72 hours of ICU admission among

SUBMITTER: Danyalian AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11892402 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature