• Journal of critical care · Dec 2018

    Patterns of palliative care utilization among patients with end stage liver disease during end-of-life hospitalizations: A population-level analysis.

    • Lavi Oud.
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX 79763, USA. Electronic address: lavi.oud@ttuhsc.edu.
    • J Crit Care. 2018 Dec 1; 48: 290-295.

    PurposeTo investigate the patterns and predictors of palliative care (PC) utilization across ICU- and non ICU-managed patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) during end-of-life hospitalization.Materials And MethodsThe Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File was used to perform a retrospective, population-based cohort study of patients with ESLD and end-of-life hospitalization during 2005-2014. PC use among ICU- and non ICU-managed patients was examined. Logistic regression modeling was used to identify predictors of PC.ResultsWe studied 30,301 patients, of which 5484 (18.1%) had reported PC and 24,174 (79.8%) were admitted to ICU. Between 2005 and 2014 PC use among ICU- and non ICU-managed patients increased from 0.5% to 32.9% and 7.1% to 47.0%, respectively, while ICU admission rate rose from 76.5% to 82.9%. PC use was reduced with rising APR-DRG illness severity (adjusted odds ratio, "extreme" vs. "minor" 0.36 [95% confidence interval, 0.24-0.54]), ICU admission (0.60 [0.55-0.65]), and use of mechanical ventilation (0.75 [0.70-0.81]).ConclusionsThere was persistent gap in use of PC among ICU-managed patients with ESLD during end-of-life hospitalization. ICU utilization rose, unexpectedly, despite the increasing use of PC in this cohort, and PC utilization was, paradoxically, lower among patients with the highest need.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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