• J Palliat Med · Jul 2021

    Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Trauma and Emergency Surgery.

    • Lindsay K Haines, Allyson C Cook, Justin S Hatchimonji, Vanessa P Ho, Elle L Kalbfell, Kathleen M O'Connell, Jacinta C Robenstine, Mathias Schlögl, Christine C Toevs, Christopher A Jones, Robert S Krouse, and Niels D Martin.
    • Department of Medicine and the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
    • J Palliat Med. 2021 Jul 1; 24 (7): 1072-1077.

    AbstractThere is growing interest in, and need for, integrating palliative care (PC) into the care of patients undergoing emergency surgery and those with traumatic injury. Thus, PC consults for these populations will likely grow in the coming years. Understanding the nuances and unique characteristics of these two acutely ill populations will improve the care that PC clinicians can provide. Using a modified Delphi technique, this article offers 10 tips that experts in the field, based on their broad clinical experience, believe PC clinicians should know about the care of trauma and emergency surgery patients.

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