Specialist palliative care in different intensive care unit populations: a retrospective longitudinal study
In this pandemic-era cohort, ICU patients receiving specialist PC showed high mortality and symptom burden but differed regarding PC triggers and symptom assessments between ICUs. Further, perceptions of PC triggers and symptoms vary between ICU and PC teams. Future studies in non-pandemic settings are needed to determine the broader applicability of these observations.
Authors
- Manuela Schallenburger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-6137)
- Susanne Feit
- Alexandra Stroda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0882-2474)
- Marc Stefaniak
- Jacqueline Schwartz
- Jan Gaertner
- Laura Bosbach
- Sebastian Roth
- Theresa Tenge
- Christian Jung
- Rainer Kram
- René M´Pembele
- Stefan Meier
- Detlef Kindgen-Milles
- Martin Neukirchen
Institutions
- University of Basel (CH)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Bethesda Spital (CH)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Palliative Care
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-026-02061-9
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00