Effect of Palliative Care on the Emergency Department-visit in the last 30-day of life

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: ED- visits and death in the ED in patients with a life- limiting illness. There is an unknown prevalence of palliative care case in Thai ED.; Emergency department; Palliative care; death in the ED; last 30- day of life; last 6- month of life

• Registration Number: TCTR20200528007
• Lead Sponsor: Ramathibodi hospital Mahidol university

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-28
• Study Completion: 2021-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 750

Inclusion Criteria

The patients who visited Ramathibodi ED between January 1 - June 30, 2019.

Exclusion Criteria

No completion of the patient’s information

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ED-visit in last 30-day of life last 30-day of life ED-visit in time and present, ED-length of stay, Death in the ED,ED-visit in last 6-month of life last 6-month of life ED-visit in time and present, ED-length of stay, Death in the ED

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To meet the Palliative care criteria at ED-visit in the study the Palliative care criteria (GSF PIG 2016 criteria and modified to proper ED used))