2025
Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities
Maiga A, Ho V, Morris R, Kodadek L, Puzio T, Tominaga G, Tabata-Kelly M, Cooper Z. Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2025, 10: e001615. PMID: 40124208, PMCID: PMC11927415, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care surgeryPalliative care researchPalliative careCare researchEnd-of-life carePractice palliative carePalliative care interventionsPrimary palliative careSpecialty palliative careLife-prolonging careEnd-of-lifeRelief of sufferingQuality of lifeHigh-quality researchCare interventionsSymptom managementAdministrative dataAcute care surgeonsCareEmergency surgical conditionsSurgical illnessPrimary data collectionEffective communicationNarrative reviewCritical surgical illnessPrimary palliative care in acute care surgery: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee and Palliative Care Committee clinical consensus document
Kodadek L, Cook M, Young J, Cottrell-Cumber S, Farrell M, Jawa R, Kirsch J, Nohra E, Haruta A, Lueckel S, Maerz L, Toevs C, Sanchez S, Kaups K, Pathak A, Zonies D, Cuschieri J, Stein D, Cooper Z, Committee A. Primary palliative care in acute care surgery: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee and Palliative Care Committee clinical consensus document. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2025, 10: e001616. DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001616.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Opportunities for Incorporation of Primary Palliative Care in Acute Care Surgery: A Narrative Review.
Lynn A, Miller S, Brackett A, Kodadek L. Opportunities for Incorporation of Primary Palliative Care in Acute Care Surgery: A Narrative Review. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2024, 10499091241309087. PMID: 39680802, DOI: 10.1177/10499091241309087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary palliative careAcute care surgeryPalliative carePalliative care principlesPractice of acute care surgeryAcute care surgical patientsNarrative reviewPrimary surgical teamCaregiver supportSymptom managementCare principlesClinician perspectivesSeverity of illnessPalliative interventionsCareSignificant barriersPractice existPromote educationIdentification of patientsIncreased awarenessBenefit patientsSurgical traineesSurgical settingPatient populationCultural factors
2023
Goals of Care for the Critically Injured Trauma Patient
Kodadek L. Goals of Care for the Critically Injured Trauma Patient. Current Trauma Reports 2023, 10: 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/s40719-023-00265-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGoals of carePrimary palliative carePurpose of ReviewToHigh-quality careOperative interventionTrauma patientsPalliative careCare discussionsCare conversationsPatientsQuality careOptimal timingNonbeneficial careCareImproved qualityRecent studiesSpecial considerationAppropriate goalsAdmissionReviewToPhysiciansPalliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019
Kodadek L, Moore M, Miller S, Schneider E, Ahuja V, Maerz L, Davis K. Palliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019. Surgical Infections 2023, 24: 190-198. PMID: 36757283, PMCID: PMC10081705, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2022.377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitPalliative careIll patientsCoronavirus disease 2019Life careClinical characteristicsMechanical ventilationDisease 2019Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionPalliative care consultationPalliative care servicesCOVID-19Outcomes of interestHospital lengthAdult patientsComorbid diseasesDisease courseMulticenter cohortCare unitCare consultationsVaccination dataPatients
2022
Palliative Care in the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Settings: A Narrative Review
Newsome K, Sauder M, Spardy J, Kodadek L, Ang D, Michetti CP, Bilski T, Elkbuli A. Palliative Care in the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Settings: A Narrative Review. The American Surgeon 2022, 89: 1355-1364. PMID: 35574733, DOI: 10.1177/00031348221101597.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsSurgical critical care settingCritical care settingPalliative careCare settingsJoanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist toolsNarrative reviewSuccessful palliative carePalliative care programsPalliative care servicesRisk of biasCritical care teamSurgical critical careGoogle Scholar databasesHospital lengthPain controlTrauma patientsSymptom managementPatient satisfactionPatient prognosisCare teamCritical careCare programCare servicesScholar databasesTrauma
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