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Impact Of Palliative Care Consultations For Patients Admitted To Maine Medical Center With Acute Exacerbations Of Copd, Benjamin Jarrett, Isabella Strumpf, Rebecca Hutchinson
Impact Of Palliative Care Consultations For Patients Admitted To Maine Medical Center With Acute Exacerbations Of Copd, Benjamin Jarrett, Isabella Strumpf, Rebecca Hutchinson
Maine Medical Center
Background and purpose:
• COPD is the 3rd leading cause of death.
• Specialty Palliative Care (PC) is underutilized in COPD patients.
•PC involvement has been shown to improve quality of life and satisfaction with overall care.
• We sought to evaluate the association of receipt of palliative medicine consultation during an admission for acute exacerbation of COPD with a documented Goals of Care conversations and/or presence of an advanced directive and/or POLST.