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Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting
Background and study aims: Acute health service requires focused palliative care (PC). This study was performed to provide guidance for the establishment of a palliative care consultation service (PCCS). Patients and methods: This study was conceived as a retrospective single-center study for observ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144977 |
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author | Engel, Peter Tom Thavayogarajah, Tharshika Görlich, Dennis Lenz, Philipp |
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description | Background and study aims: Acute health service requires focused palliative care (PC). This study was performed to provide guidance for the establishment of a palliative care consultation service (PCCS). Patients and methods: This study was conceived as a retrospective single-center study for observing, analyzing and evaluating the initial setup of a PCCS from 1 May 2015 to 31 May 2018. Patients from Muenster University Hospital with advanced life-limiting diseases, identified to require PC, were included. Results: PCCS was requested from various departments, for between 20 and 80 patients per month, corresponding to a total of 2359 for the study period. Requests were highest in internal medicine (27.3%), gynecology (18.1%) and radiotherapy (17.6%). Time to referral was significantly shorter in departments with special PCCS ward rounds (6 ± 9 vs. 12 ± 22 days, p < 0.001). The most frequently reported symptoms were fatigue, pain and loss of appetite. Pain was frequently localized in the stomach (20.4%), back (17.1%), or in the head and neck area (14.9%). After the first PCCS consultation, 254 patients (90%) reported sufficient pain relief after 48 h. An introduction/modification of painkiller medication, which was recommended for 142 inpatients, was implemented in 57.0% of cases by the respective departments. Overall, the direct realization of PCCS recommendations reached only 50% on average. Conclusions: Besides an analysis of the ability to address the symptoms of the referred patients by the PCCS, this study highlights the importance of the interaction between PCCS and other departments. It further elucidates the role and possibilities of this service both in regular ward rounds and individual staff contacts. |
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spelling | pubmed-74007072020-08-07 Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting Engel, Peter Tom Thavayogarajah, Tharshika Görlich, Dennis Lenz, Philipp Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background and study aims: Acute health service requires focused palliative care (PC). This study was performed to provide guidance for the establishment of a palliative care consultation service (PCCS). Patients and methods: This study was conceived as a retrospective single-center study for observing, analyzing and evaluating the initial setup of a PCCS from 1 May 2015 to 31 May 2018. Patients from Muenster University Hospital with advanced life-limiting diseases, identified to require PC, were included. Results: PCCS was requested from various departments, for between 20 and 80 patients per month, corresponding to a total of 2359 for the study period. Requests were highest in internal medicine (27.3%), gynecology (18.1%) and radiotherapy (17.6%). Time to referral was significantly shorter in departments with special PCCS ward rounds (6 ± 9 vs. 12 ± 22 days, p < 0.001). The most frequently reported symptoms were fatigue, pain and loss of appetite. Pain was frequently localized in the stomach (20.4%), back (17.1%), or in the head and neck area (14.9%). After the first PCCS consultation, 254 patients (90%) reported sufficient pain relief after 48 h. An introduction/modification of painkiller medication, which was recommended for 142 inpatients, was implemented in 57.0% of cases by the respective departments. Overall, the direct realization of PCCS recommendations reached only 50% on average. Conclusions: Besides an analysis of the ability to address the symptoms of the referred patients by the PCCS, this study highlights the importance of the interaction between PCCS and other departments. It further elucidates the role and possibilities of this service both in regular ward rounds and individual staff contacts. MDPI 2020-07-10 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7400707/ /pubmed/32664314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144977 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Engel, Peter Tom Thavayogarajah, Tharshika Görlich, Dennis Lenz, Philipp Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title | Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title_full | Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title_fullStr | Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title_full_unstemmed | Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title_short | Establishment of a Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) in an Acute Hospital Setting |
title_sort | establishment of a palliative care consultation service (pccs) in an acute hospital setting |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664314 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144977 |
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