What is COVID-19 context: when to refer patients with neurological disorders for specialist palliative care - Meaning and definition

Published by Roberto Wenk. Reviewed by Alison Ramsey. Last updated date: December 29, 2020.

Referral criteria
- Advanced dementia with dependence in all activities of daily living
- ALS or other neuromuscular disease and/or decision surrounding mechanical ventilation
- Any recurrent brain neoplasm
- Feeding tube is being considered for any neurological condition
- Parkinson’s disease with poor functional status or dementia
- Status epilepticus > 24 hrs

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Adapted from Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). Palliative care referral criteria: COVID-19 context. Internet. Available at https://www.capc.org/covid-19/palliative-care-referral-criteria-covid-19-context/. Accessed on October 6, 2020.

COVID-19 context: when to refer patients with neurological disorders for specialist palliative care

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