Missed Opportunities for use of Advanced Care Planning and Palliative Care in Open Aortic Surgery
Despite a high mortality and morbidity rate, ACP documentation is poor for patients undergoing major open aortic surgery. PC interventions tend to be performed closer to the end of life, suggesting a missed opportunity to define goals of care.
Authors
- Mimmie Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-0603)
- Aaron Barrera-Alvarez
- Gregory Brittenham
Institutions
- University of California System (US)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Vascular Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2024.08.005
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00