Transition to Comfort Care Only and End-of-Life Trajectories in an Acute Geriatric Unit: A Secondary Analysis of the DAMAGE Cohort

Comfort care for a dying patient increases the quality of the end of life. End-of-life situations are frequently managed in acute geriatric units (AGUs), and transition to comfort care only is often necessary. However, the frequency of transition to comfort care and the latter's putative link w...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 1492 - 1498
Main Authors:	Deschasse, Guillaume, Charpentier, Anne, Prod'homme, Chloé, Genin, Michaël, Delecluse, Celine, Gaxatte, Cedric, Gérard, Charlotte, Bukor, Zsofi, Devulder, Perrine, Couvreur, Louis-Antoine, Bloch, Frédéric, Puisieux, François, Visade, Fabien, Beuscart, Jean-Baptiste
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2022 Elsevier
Subjects:	acute geriatric unit dementia end-of-life trajectory hospital admission Human health and pathology Life Sciences Palliative care transition to comfort care only Palliative care hospital admission end-of-life trajectory dementia transition to comfort care only acute geriatric unit Prospective Studies Humans Patient Comfort Frailty Death Aged Terminal Care
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