RT Journal
A1 Pantilat SZ, O’Riordan DL, Dibble SL, Landefeld C
T1 Hospital-based palliative medicine consultation: A randomized controlled trial
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2010
FD December 13
VO 170
IS 22
SP 2038
OP 2040
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.460
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.460
AB 
Hospital-based palliative care consultation services increase patient and family satisfaction,1- 2 improve quality of life,3 reduce intensive care unit length of stay,4 and decrease costs.2,5 Clear evidence of the effectiveness of palliative care consultation services in improving symptoms has been more elusive.2- 3,6 We conducted a randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a proactive palliative medicine consultation (PMC) on the care of chronically ill, hospitalized elderly patients.