Peter Lawlor, Leila Cohen, Samantha Rose Adeli, Ella Besserer, Valérie Gratton, Rebekah Murphy, Grace Warmels, Adrianna Bruni, Monisha Kabir, Chelsea Noel, Brandon Heidinger, Koby Anderson, Kyle Arsenault-Mehta, Krista Wooller, Julie Lapenskie, Colleen Webber, Daniel Bedard, Paula Enright, Isabelle Desjardins, Khadija Bhimji, Claire Dyason, Akshai Iyengar, Shirley H Bush, Sarina Isenberg, Peter Tanuseputro, Brandi Vanderspank-Wright, James Downar, Henrique Parsons
OBJECTIVE: To compare comorbidities, symptoms and end-of-life (EoL) palliative medication (antisecretories, opioids, antipsychotics and sedatives) use among decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN: In a retrospective cohort study, decedent records in three acute care hospitals were abstracted, generating a prepandemic (November 2019-February 2020) group (pre-COVID) and two intrapandemic (March-August 2020, wave 1) groups, one without (COVID-ve) and one with COVID-19 infection (COVID+ve)...
September 5, 2023: BMJ Open