Using the Rothman Index and Length of Stay as a Trigger for Palliative Care in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down Units

TY - JOUR

T1 - Using the Rothman Index and Length of Stay as a Trigger for Palliative Care in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down Units

AU - Henderson, Rebecca Gagne

AU - McCloskey, Barbara

AU - Walter, Ellen

AU - Rimar, Joan

AU - Bai, Mei

AU - Moritz, Ernest D.

N1 - rvational prospective approach to analyze the effects of palliative interventions for those with a Rothman Index score of less than 40 and a length of stay of greater than 5 days for patients in the medical intensive care and step-down units in an urban teaching hospital, which provides tertiary palliative care.

PY - 2017/6/1

Y1 - 2017/6/1

UR - https://journals.lww.com/jhpn/Abstract/2017/06000/Using_the_Rothman_Index_and_Length_of_Stay_as_a.9.aspx

U2 - 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000334

DO - 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000334

M3 - Article

VL - 19

JO - Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing

JF - Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing

ER -