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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast


Jan 8, 2019

May Hua's study addresses the still unanswered question - do specialized palliative care consults in the ICU do anything? She looked a number of outcomes comparing ICU patients in hospitals with and without palliative care consults. While most outcomes were similar, rates of hospice use were higher in hospitals with palliative care teams.