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10.1089/jpm.2020.0251 [doi]
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Lessons Learned from Caring for Patients with COVID-19 at the End of Life.
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(3):468-471, 2021 03.
J Palliat Med. 24(3):468-471, 2021 03.
J Palliat Med. 24(3):468-471, 2021 Mar.
Journal of palliative medicine
2021
FY2021
ppublish
ppublish
2021-03-10
Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(3):468-471, 2021 Mar.
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Over 140,000 people in the United States have died as a result of infection with COVID-19. These patients have varying death experiences based on their location of death, the availability and utilization of various medical technologies, the amount of strain on the local health care system, the involvement of specialist palliative care (PC) teams, and access to essential medications to alleviate symptoms at the end of life. The objective of this report is to describe the death experiences of four patients cared for in an urban academic medical center who received very different degrees of medical interventions and to examine the interventions of our interdisciplinary PC team. We conclude that PC teams must adapt to this new landscape by creating best practices for ensuring adequate symptom control, modifying approaches for withdrawal of life-sustaining medical technologies, and gaining facility with communication through teleconferencing platforms to meet the challenge of alleviating suffering for people dying from COVID-19.
English
*COVID-19/mo [Mortality]
*COVID-19/nu [Nursing]
*COVID-19/px [Psychology]
*Hospice Care/px [Psychology]
*Nursing Staff, Hospital/px [Psychology]
*Palliative Care/px [Psychology]
*Terminal Care/px [Psychology]
*Withholding Treatment
Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Aged
COVID-19/ep [Epidemiology]
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
United States/ep [Epidemiology]
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Medicine/Palliative Care
Journal Article
Kelemen, Anne
Rao, Anirudh
Kelemen A, Rao A
https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0251
https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0251
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