The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has drastically increased the number of critically ill and dying patients presenting for hospitalized management of dyspnea, acute respiratory failure and other serious complications. The emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 has created unprecedented demands on all avenues of inpatient hospitalist medicine. One of the many services in high demand includes palliative care, with increased need for complex end of life planning.
#8 of the in-House #Top10of2021:
"[treat] goals of care conversations like an intervention designed to prevent potentially unwanted or unwarranted future complications."
Amira Athanasios, MD, advocated for treating palliative care as preventative medicine.
https://in-housestaff.org/early-palliative-care-and-end-of-life-planning-as-a-primary-preventative-intervention-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-1914















