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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day. And then they had to be receiving 48 hours of continuous mechanical ventilation at a minimum and be an adult. On the admission, are you telling them, “Think about withdrawal and life-sustaining treatments?”

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

How did you get interested in palliative care research and the stuff that you’re doing right now? I was always critical care bound since medical school. But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. You work with who’s there and they, they deliver care.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

I feel like we talked about this before, so I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I maybe will sound like a broken record to get back to what is the definition of advance care planning? I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.