التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Causes for Emergency Hospitalization of Neurological Patients With Palliative Care Needs |
| المؤلفون: |
Anna-Christin Willert, Christoph J. Ploner, Alexander B. Kowski |
| المصدر: |
Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 12 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| المجموعة: |
LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
emergency hospitalization, palliative care needs, neuropalliative care, emergency department, palliative care, reason for admission, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429 |
| الوصف: |
Background: Acute and unexpected hospitalization can cause serious distress, particularly in patients with palliative care needs. Nevertheless, the majority of neurological inpatients receiving palliative care are admitted via an emergency department.Objective: Identification of potentially avoidable causes leading to acute hospitalization of patients with neurological disorders or neurological symptoms requiring palliative care.Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records of all patients who were admitted via the emergency department and received palliative care in a neurological ward later on (n = 130).Results: The main reasons for acute admission were epileptic seizures (22%), gait disorders (22%), disturbance of consciousness (20%), pain (17%), nutritional problems (17%), or paresis (14%). Possible therapy limitations, (non)existence of a patient decree, or healthcare proxy was documented in only 31%. Primary diagnoses were neoplastic (49%), neurodegenerative (30%), or cerebrovascular (18%) diseases. Fifty-nine percent were directly admitted to a neurological ward; 25% needed intensive care. On average, it took 24 h until the palliative care team was involved. In contrast to initially documented problems, key challenges identified by palliative care assessment were psychosocial problems. For 40% of all cases, a specialized palliative care could be organized.Conclusion: Admissions were mainly triggered by acute events. Documentation of the palliative situation and treatment limitations may help to prevent unnecessary hospitalization. Although patients present with a complex symptom burden, emergency department assessment is not able to fully address multidimensionality, especially concerning psychosocial problems. Prospective investigations should develop short screening tools to identify palliative care needs of neurological patients already in the emergency department. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article |
| وصف الملف: |
electronic resource |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
1664-2295 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.674114/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2295 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fneur.2021.674114 |
| URL الوصول: |
https://doaj.org/article/5a13cefdf92f45c8bba61c056c9e09e8 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsdoj.5a13cefdf92f45c8bba61c056c9e09e8 |
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