Analyzing the use of specialized palliative care in intensive care unit patients in Germany: a cross-sectional study
From 2019 to 2022, 11.2% of hospital cases required ICU-treatment. Despite suffering from life-threatening conditions and high mortality rates, less than 1% of all ICU cases and 1.4% of long-term ventilated cases received palliative care (differing sexes and ages). This highlights deficiencies in palliative care integration into ICUs to alleviate patients and their families suffering from complex needs. Implementing benchmarking could be beneficial in this process.
Authors
- Dawid Pieper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-5182)
- Marcel Alexander Kamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-2944)
- Martin Heinze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-1033)
- Nicole Eisenmenger
- Guido Michels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5063-5157)
- Christiane von Saß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-8492)
- Martin Neukirchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2287-7896)
- Birgitt van Oorschot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-6535)
- Larissa Fink
- Theresa Tenge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9529-2461)
Institutions
- Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Palliative Care
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01718-1
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64