Prevalence and predictors for 72-h mortality after transfer to acute palliative care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Accurate prediction of survival is important to facilitate clinical decision-making and improve quality of care at the end of life. While it is well documented that survival prediction poses a challenge for treating physicians, the need for clinically valuable predictive factors has not been met. This study aims to quantify the prevalence of patient transfer 72 h before death onto the acute palliative care unit in a tertiary care center in Switzerland, and to identify factors predictive of 72-h mortality.

Methods

All patients hospitalized between January and December 2020 on the acute palliative care unit of the Competence Center Palliative Care of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital Zurich were assessed. Variables were retrieved from the

SUBMITTER: Christ SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213309 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature