Journal of pain and symptom management
Opportunities for Palliative Care in Long-Term Acute Care: A Concurrent Mixed-Methods Study.
Katherine H Walker, Valencia Lambert, Annie Liu, Alexa DiPalma, Emily B Rubin, Isaac S Chua, Nneka N Ufere, Amanda J Reich, James A Tulsky, Joshua R Lakin
Published: 202610.1016/j.jpainsymman.2026.01.016
Abstract
CONTEXT: Chronic critical illness (CCI) - surviving acute critical illness but requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation - predicts worse one-year outcomes than metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Although palliative care is routinely integrated…
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