Quality Improvement in Palliative Care Consultation in a Medical ICU

Palliative Care Clinical Trial

Official title: Quality Improvement in Palliative Care Consultation in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

Status Withdrawn

Clinical Trial Summary

A quality improvement project compares automatic palliative care consultation compared to standard of care in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). The study will assess if the intervention leads to an increased proportion of clearly delineated goals of care and quality of life and examine if this intervention leads to decreased length of days in the ICU, Hospital, and on mechanical ventilation.

Clinical Trial Description

• The medical intensive care unit will be split into two groups, assigned as either automatic palliative care consultation or standard of care.

• A palliative care screening tool will be used to determine if a newly admitted patient is eligible for palliative care consultation. For patients in the standard of care group, medical records will be reviewed.

• The two medical ICU groups will be crossed over to the after 3 months for a total of 6 months of study.

• Participants will be followed through his or her hospitalization. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Palliative Care
• Quality Improvement

• NCT number: NCT03210116
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2017
• Completion date: August 2018