Emergency Medicine Resident Education in Palliative Care: A Needs Assessment

Lung cancer and end-of-life care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of aggressive inpatient care

“…Study results also suggest that many emergency medicine specialists feel underqualified to manage these EOL patients, which might explain the high number of ED visits 82–86…”

Evaluation of Emergency Department Management of Opioid-Tolerant Cancer Patients With Acute Pain

“…30 In a survey among ED residents and attending physicians, pain management ranked highest in perceived importance among issues in palliative care pertinent to the ED setting. 31 In addition to provider education, the availability of Palliative Medicine consultation services may also help ensure that opioid-tolerant cancer patients have adequate analgesia when higher dosages are required; this is an area that should be explored with further investigation.…”

Effects of hospital palliative care on health, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality across intensive and non-intensive-care units: A systematic review and metaanalysis

“…directly contacted the authors of those studies to obtain them. Finally, 11 studies were selected for analysis with respect to hospital LOS (Ahrens et al, 2003; Cox et al, 2012; Daly et al, 2010; Gabriel et al, 2015; Hatler et al, 2012; Morrison et al, 2011; Penrod et al, 2006; 2010; Yoo et al, 2012; 2013; Whitford et al, 2014), and 10 were selected with respect to in-hospital mortality (Ahrens et al, 2003; Ciemins et al 2007; Cox et al, 2012; Daly et al, 2010; Digwood et al, 2011; Lamba et al, 2012; Norton et al, 2007; Paris & Morrison, 2014; Yoo et al, 2012; 2013). Five studies were duplicates with regard to hospital length of stay and in-hospital mortality.…”