2025
Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department
Grudzen C, Siman N, Cuthel A, Adeyemi O, Yamarik R, Goldfeld K, Abella B, Bellolio F, Bourenane S, Brody A, Cameron-Comasco L, Chodosh J, Cooper J, Deutsch A, Elie M, Elsayem A, Fernandez R, Fleischer-Black J, Gang M, Genes N, Goett R, Heaton H, Hill J, Horwitz L, Isaacs E, Jubanyik K, Lamba S, Lawrence K, Lin M, Loprinzi-Brauer C, Madsen T, Miller J, Modrek A, Otero R, Ouchi K, Richardson C, Richardson L, Ryan M, Schoenfeld E, Shaw M, Shreves A, Southerland L, Tan A, Uspal J, Venkat A, Walker L, Wittman I, Zimny E. Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department. JAMA 2025, 333: 599-608. PMID: 39813042, PMCID: PMC11836764, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.23696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitiate palliative careLife-limiting illnessHealth care usePalliative carePostintervention periodPreintervention periodMulticomponent interventionCare useEmergency departmentOlder adultsHospital admissionRates of hospice useShort-term mortalitySecondary outcomesRate of hospital admissionsED clinical staffHome health useClinical decision supportNursing home patientsSimulation-based workshopGagne comorbidity scoreRate of admissionRisk of short-term mortalityHospice useIllness communication
2024
SOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19
Sherak R, Sajjadi H, Khimani N, Tolchin B, Jubanyik K, Taylor R, Schulz W, Mortazavi B, Haimovich A. SOFA score performs worse than age for predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0301013. PMID: 38758942, PMCID: PMC11101117, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrisis standards of careIn-hospital mortalityIntensive care unitAcademic health systemSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreCohort of intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure AssessmentStandard of careLogistic regression modelsMortality predictionPredicting in-hospital mortalityHealth systemUnivariate logistic regression modelCrisis standardsDisease morbidityCOVID-19
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