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| Steven Z PantilatSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Longitudinal assessment of symptom severity among hospitalized elders diagnosed with cancer, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0903, USA
J Hosp Med 7:567-72. 2012..Pain, dyspnea, and anxiety are common among patients with cancer, heart failure (HF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet little is known about the severity of symptoms over time...- Characteristics of palliative care consultation services in California hospitalsSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0903, USA
J Palliat Med 15:555-60. 2012..Although hospital palliative care consultation services (PCCS) can improve a variety of clinical and nonclinical outcomes, little is known about how these services are structured... 
An assessment of the screening performance of a single-item measure of depression from the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale among chronically ill hospitalized patientsSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Program, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0903, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 43:866-73. 2012..Few studies have examined the validity of using a single item from the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) for screening for depression...- Leveraging external resources to grow and sustain your palliative care program: a call to actionSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Program, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0903, USA
J Palliat Med 15:25-8. 2012..The authors encourage both mentors and mentees to seek support from or provide support to others in the field. Leveraging the collective expertise and experiences in our field can ensure that palliative care continues to thrive and grow... - Palliative care services in California hospitals: program prevalence and hospital characteristicsSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Program, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 43:39-46. 2012..In 2000, 17% of California hospitals offered palliative care (PC) services. Since then, hospital-based PC programs have become increasingly common, and preferred practices for these services have been proposed by expert consensus... 
Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative ServicesSteven Z Pantilat
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 94143 0903, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:227-30. 2006..CHIPS included an introductory conference followed by 10 months of mentoring with telephone calls, e-mails, on-site consultation at the hospital, and a reunion conference...- Prevalence and structure of palliative care services in California hospitalsSteven Z Pantilat
Program in Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 521 Parnassus Avenue, Suite C 126, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1084-8. 2003..We sought to determine the prevalence of palliative care services in California hospitals... - End-of-life care for the hospitalized patientSteven Z Pantilat
UCSF Medical Center Moffitt Long Hospital, 521 Parnassus Avenue, Suite C 126, UCSF, Box 0903, San Francisco, CA 94143 0903, USA
Med Clin North Am 86:749-70, viii. 2002..Finally, all physicians must attend to their own senses of grief and loss to avoid burnout and to continue to reap the rewards end-of-life care provides... - End-of-life care for the hospitalized patientSteven Z Pantilat
Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0903, USA
Med Clin North Am 92:349-70, viii-ix. 2008..Finally, physicians must attend to their own sense of grief and loss to avoid burnout and to continue to reap the rewards end-of-life care provides... - Palliative care for patients with heart failureSteven Z Pantilat
Palliative Care Service and Hospitalist Section, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0903, USA
JAMA 291:2476-82. 2004..By combining optimal medical management with palliative care, physicians can best care for heart failure patients and their families... - Code status discussions at hospital admission are not associated with patient and surrogate satisfaction with hospital care: results from the multicenter hospitalist studyWendy G Anderson
Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 28:102-8. 2011..Physicians may avoid code status discussions for fear of decreasing patient or surrogate satisfaction... - Depression is a common and chronic comorbidity in patients with interstitial lung diseaseChristopher J Ryerson
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Respirology 17:525-32. 2012..The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression, characterize the association of depression with clinical variables and describe the natural history of depression in patients with ILD... - Depression and functional status are strongly associated with dyspnea in interstitial lung diseaseChristopher J Ryerson
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0111, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Chest 139:609-16. 2011..The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of dyspnea with clinical parameters, including depression and functional status, in patients with ILD... - Code status discussions between attending hospitalist physicians and medical patients at hospital admissionWendy G Anderson
Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0903, San Francisco, CA 94143 0903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:359-66. 2011..Bioethicists and professional associations give specific recommendations for discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)... - Interpretation for discussions about end-of-life issues: results from a National Survey of Health Care InterpretersYael Schenker
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Palliat Med 15:1019-26. 2012..Communication about end-of-life issues is difficult across language barriers. Little is known about the experience of health care interpreters in these discussions... - The intersection of need and opportunity: assessing and capitalizing on opportunities to expand hospital-based palliative care servicesMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1732, USA
J Palliat Med 13:1205-10. 2010..These case studies can serve as models for other programs seeking to develop or expand their palliative care services... - The comprehensive care team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultationMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:83-91. 2004..Little is known about the use of palliative care for outpatients who continue to pursue treatment of their underlying disease or whether outpatient palliative medicine consultation teams improve clinical outcomes... - Factors associated with discussion of care plans and code status at the time of hospital admission: results from the Multicenter Hospitalist StudyAndrew D Auerbach
University of California San Francisco, UCSF Department of Hospital Medicine, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Hosp Med 3:437-45. 2008..Hospital admission is a time when patients are sickest and also often encountering an entirely new set of caregivers. As a result, understanding and documenting a patient's care preferences at hospital admission is critically important... - Engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning process: a descriptive study of diverse older adultsRebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California at San Franciso, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1006-13. 2008..To assess engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning (ACP) process 6 months after exposure to an advance directive. In this study, ACP is conceptualized similarly to the behavior change model... - Reach and impact of a mass media event among vulnerable patients: the Terri Schiavo storyRebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1854-7. 2008..It is unknown whether health-related media stories reach diverse older adults and influence advance care planning (ACP)... - End-of-life care in a voluntary hospitalist model: effects on communication, processes of care, and patient symptomsAndrew D Auerbach
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0131, USA
Am J Med 116:669-75. 2004..To assess the effects of hospitalist care on communication, care patterns, and outcomes of dying patients... - Management of dyspnea in interstitial lung diseaseChristopher J Ryerson
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 4:69-75. 2010..Dyspnea is the most common symptom in interstitial lung disease, yet little is known about its management. This review summarizes the available evidence for the treatment of dyspnea in interstitial lung disease... - Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their familiesBernard Lo
Program in Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Palliat Med 6:409-15. 2003..Physicians can respond to requests and respect patients' spiritual needs in ways that may deepen the therapeutic doctor-patient relationship, without compromising their own religious and spiritual beliefs or professional roles... - Hospitalization as an opportunity to integrate palliative care in heart failure managementEric Widera
Division of Geriatrics, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 3:247-51. 2009..This review examines the role of hospitalization for heart failure as an opportunity to assess comprehensive patient needs including palliative care needs... - Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physiciansBernard Lo
JAMA 287:749-54. 2002..By responding to patients' spiritual and religious concerns and needs, physicians may help them find comfort and closure near the end of life... - Dyspnea in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic reviewChristopher J Ryerson
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 43:771-82. 2012..Little is known about the treatment and correlates of dyspnea in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)... - Discussing resuscitation preferences with patients: challenges and rewardsEva H Chittenden
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Hosp Med 1:231-40. 2006..In this evidence-based review, we discuss physician barriers to conducting effective discussions, offer a variety of approaches to enhancing these conversations, and review important communication techniques... - Dyspnea in interstitial lung diseaseHarold R Collard
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2:100-4. 2008..Dyspnea is a common complication of interstitial lung disease, yet little is known about its cause and effective management. This review attempts to summarize the current state of the art in this area... - Palliative care for frail older adults: "there are things I can't do anymore that I wish I could"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 296:2967. 2006 - The patient provider relationship and the hospitalist movement. IntroductionSteven Z Pantilat
Dis Mon 48:189-90. 2002 - Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalistsSteven Z Pantilat
Dis Mon 48:218-29. 2002..It may be possible to tailor communication to individual PCPs. Further research could assess the impact of such communication on patient satisfaction and outcomes... - Passing the clinical baton: 6 principles to guide the hospitalistLee Goldman
Dis Mon 48:260-6. 2002..We also discuss special considerations for patients discharged to a skilled nursing facility or to home with home care... - How do patients view the role of the primary care physician in inpatient care?Milena Hruby
Dis Mon 48:230-8. 2002..Systems should be established to facilitate communication between in patient and primary care physicians, and between PCPs and patients... - The impact of follow-up telephone calls to patients after hospitalizationVicky Dudas
Dis Mon 48:239-48. 2002..005). A follow-up phone call by a pharmacist involved in the hospital care of patients was associated with increased patient satisfaction, resolution of medication-related problems, and fewer return visits to the emergency department... - The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of careRobert M Wachter
Dis Mon 48:267-72. 2002..quot; Moreover, we encourage research on the value of continuity visits and recommend compensation if research establishes that these visits improve the efficiency and quality of inpatient care or patient satisfaction and comfort... - Cost savings associated with US hospital palliative care consultation programsR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1070, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1783-90. 2008..Hospital palliative care consultation teams have been shown to improve care for adults with serious illness. This study examined the effect of palliative care teams on hospital costs... - Palliative care and hospitalists: a partnership for hopeSteven Z Pantilat
J Hosp Med 1:5-6. 2006
Research Grants
- IMPROVING INPATIENT PALLIATIVE CARE FOR OLDER ADULTSSteven Pantilat; Fiscal Year: 2004..In addition, it is anticipated that the proposed research will develop the UCSF palliative care service into a unit for conducting clinical research focused on improving inpatient palliative care. ..