Medscape November 6, 2024
Increasing the uptake of palliative care may decrease the aggressiveness of end-of-life care, an analysis of ovarian cancer decedents suggested.
Palliative care initiated earlier than 3 months before death was associated with lower rates of emergency department (ED) visits, hospital admissions, and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the last 3 months of life. It was also associated with a lower rate of death in the hospital.
“When patients with advanced or incurable cancers experience aggressive end-of-life care, spending their final weeks of life in and out of the ED or admitted to acute care hospital wards or the ICU, where they undergo invasive tests or procedures that may not meaningfully prolong life or address symptoms or suffering, this can...
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