Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series
Liu Y, Kline D, Aerts S, Youngwerth JM, Kutner JS, Sillau S, Kluger BM. Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2016, 20: 59-64. PMID: 27898260, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsGoals of careChronic diagnosesAdvance directivesPalliative careNeurological diagnosisNeurological patientsNeurological disordersHospital-based palliative careInpatient palliative care servicesInpatient palliative care consultationPalliative care consult serviceCommon patient populationInpatient palliative carePalliative care consultationPalliative care servicesRetrospective case seriesTime of consultationLarge retrospective seriesProportion of peopleHospital neurologistsIschemic strokeCase seriesCommon diagnosisRetrospective series