A-qCPR risk score screening model for predicting 1-year mortality associated with hospice and palliative care in the emergency department.

CONCLUSIONS: A-qCPR risk scores provide a good screening tool for assessing patient prognosis. Routine screening for end-of-life using this tool plays an important role in early and efficient physician-patient communications regarding hospice and palliative needs in the emergency department. PMID: 33198575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198575?dopt=Abstract

Source: Palliative Medicine - November 16, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Wang RF, Lai CC, Fu PY, Huang YC, Huang SJ, Chu D, Lin SP, Chaou CH, Hsu CY, Chen HH Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research