Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Characteristics of Patients in the ICU With Palliative Care Consults in a Tertiary University Hospital

Switzerland532 participantsStarted 2025-05-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of this retrospective observational single-center cohort study is to investigate the factors associated with palliative care (PC) referral, examine intensive care unit (ICU) involvement before, during, or after the referral, and evaluate patient outcomes such as mortality, hospital and ICU length of stay, discharge destination, functional status, symptom management, and the content of PC consultation reports.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (i.e., patients ≥18 years of age) * Palliative care consult either before, during or after a ICU stay at the University Hospital Basel between 2019 and until the end of 2024 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 years * Patients with documented refusal to use data

What they're measuring

Patient demographics

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Acute prehospital management data

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Duration of intensive care unit stay

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Duration of hospital stay

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Discharge destination

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Date of palliative care consult

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Reason for palliative care consult

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Place of palliative care consult

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Number of visits by the palliative care team

Timeframe: 2019-2024

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06984471

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-12

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