Symptom distress, interventions, and outcomes of intensive care unit cancer patients referred to a palliative care consult team

Omar Delgado-Guay, Marvin; A. Parsons, Henrique; Li, Zhijun; Palmer, Lynn; Bruera, Éduardo

doi:10.1002/cncr.24017

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Symptom distress, interventions, and outcomes of intensive care unit cancer patients referred to a palliative care consult team

Published in Cancer • Dec 23, 2008

Authors:

Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay

Henrique A. Parsons

Zhijun Li

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The symptom burden of intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are referred to a palliative care team (PCT) has not been characterized to the authors' knowledge, and the response of these symptoms to the palliative care intervention has not been reported. METHODS: The authors retrospective...

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Medicine

Palliative care

Psychological intervention

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