Palliative care consults should be considered standard of care for patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

In the manuscript, “Palliative care is underutilized and impacts healthcare costs in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms,” by Dr Liu et al,1 the authors use administrative data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to evaluate the use and costs associated with palliative care consultations in patients presenting w ith ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA). They report that palliative care consultations were only obtained in 14% of patients and were more common among nonoperative patients and those undergoing open repair.

Source: Surgery - May 23, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Caitlin W. Hicks Source Type: research