Characteristics and factors associated with mortality in palliative patients visiting the Emergency Department of a large tertiary hospital in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The characteristics and outcomes of palliative patients who visited the Emergency Department (ED) in Thailand, a country in which no standard palliative care system existed, have not been comprehensively studied. We aimed to report the characteristics of ED palliative patients and investigate factors associated with mortality.

Methods

A prospective observational study was conducted at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, between March 2019 and February 2021 by means of interviewing palliative patients and/or their caregivers and medical record review. Palliative patients with either incurable cancer or other end-stage chronic diseases were included.

Results

A total of 182 patients were enrolled. Their mean age was 73 years, 61.5% were female, and 53.8% had

SUBMITTER: Monsomboon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9235171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature