2023
To Create or Not to Create: How to Establish a System-Wide Proportionate Palliative Sedation Guideline Through Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Collaboration (TH108A)
Bui T, Tenenbaum L, Choi A, Gupta J, Prsic E. To Create or Not to Create: How to Establish a System-Wide Proportionate Palliative Sedation Guideline Through Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Collaboration (TH108A). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 65: e251. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSedation guidelinesPalliative careComfort-focused careCancer-related painMetastatic lung cancerVulnerable patient populationLack of recommendationsProvider inexperienceHealth system processesRefractory symptomsInterventional painPatient populationRe-evaluation phaseLung cancerPatient prognosisPalliative sedationTerminal illnessExistential distressInterdisciplinary consensusClinical casesPainInstitutional guidelinesSignificant distressHealthcare systemCareAssociation of palliative care and hospital outcomes among solid tumour oncology inpatients
Im J, Chow R, Novosel M, Xiang J, Strait M, Rao V, Kapo J, Zimmermann C, Prsic E. Association of palliative care and hospital outcomes among solid tumour oncology inpatients. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2023, 14: e1349-e1353. PMID: 36849221, DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2023-004207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care consultationInpatient palliative care consultationCare consultationsHospital deathHospital outcomesICU admissionPalliative careIntensive care unit useRetrospective chart reviewSite of malignancyEmergency department visitsHospital outcome dataMultivariable logistic regressionLength of stayOncology admissionsChart reviewED visitsOncology inpatientsDepartment visitsMultivariable analysisICU levelMedical recordsPatient presentationRothman IndexHigher odds
2015
Outpatient palliative care encounters in stage IV lung cancer care: An institutional review.
Rizk S, Prsic E, Rafelson W, Reagan J, Taber A. Outpatient palliative care encounters in stage IV lung cancer care: An institutional review. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 128-128. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.33.29_suppl.128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerStandard oncologic careStage IV non-small cell lung cancerPalliative carePC interventionsOverall survivalSick visitsRetrospective analysisPC groupLung cancer carePalliative care encountersUtilization of emergencyLines of chemotherapyOutpatient palliative careReceipt of chemotherapyEmergency department visitsCell lung cancerCommon practice patternsStudy inclusion criteriaSignificant differencesPC encountersHospice referralDepartment visitsMultidisciplinary clinicOncologic care