Early Intervention of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jihae Lee; Liliya Abrukin; Stefan Flores; Nicholas Gavin; Marie-Laure Romney; Craig D Blinderman; Shunichi Nakagawa

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2713

Early Intervention of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1;180(9):1252-1254. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.2713.

Authors

Jihae Lee¹, Liliya Abrukin², Stefan Flores², Nicholas Gavin², Marie-Laure Romney², Craig D Blinderman¹, Shunichi Nakagawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Adult Palliative Care Service, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.

Abstract

This case series examines the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who received intervention by a novel coronavirus disease 2019 palliative care response team, focused on providing high-quality goals-of-care conversations in time-critical situations.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / therapy
Emergency Service, Hospital* / organization & administration
Emergency Service, Hospital* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Life Support Care* / ethics
Life Support Care* / psychology
Male
Medical Futility
New York City / epidemiology
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Palliative Care* / ethics
Palliative Care* / methods
Palliative Care* / psychology
Pandemics*
Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / therapy
Prognosis
SARS-CoV-2
Time-to-Treatment