Posts by Laura A. Petrillo, MD
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Health-related Quality of Life Among Unmarried Patients Diagnosed With Lung Cancer Worse During COVID-19 Than Before
Laura A. Petrillo, MD, Joseph A. Greer, PhD, and colleagues report the COVID-19 pandemic is not further reducing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) or exacerbating depression among patients with advanced lung cancer. Still, HRQOL is worse among unmarried patients, driven by declines in functional well-being.
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Embedding Palliative Care Physicians in the ED Facilitated Goals of Care Conversations Early in COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report that when palliative care physicians were embedded in the ED early in COVID-19, they had a goal of care conversation with 59% of acutely ill patients they saw in collaboration with emergency physicians, and 61% of conversations included discussion of prognosis.
Biography
Laura A. Petrillo, MD, is a physician in the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
The Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical expertise including inpatient services, outpatient programs and home based programs.