From Screening to Outcomes: Rethinking Palliative Care Metrics in the Intensive Care Unit

Kristen Vossler¹, Julien Cobert^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and.
³ Anesthesia Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California.

Editorial

Kristen Vossler et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;22(2):185-186.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202411-1220ED.

Kristen Vossler¹, Julien Cobert^{2

3}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and.
³ Anesthesia Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, California.

No abstract available

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The Real-World Effect of Early Screening for Palliative Care Criteria in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: An Instrumental Variable Analysis.
Hochberg CH, Gersten RA, Aziz KB, Krasne MD, Yan L, Turnbull AE, Brodie D, Churchill M, Doberman DJ, Iwashyna TJ, Hager DN. Hochberg CH, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb;22(2):247-254. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202407-702OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025. PMID: 39441096 Free PMC article.

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