Role of Palliative Care in the Outpatient Management of the Chronic Heart Failure Patient
| Autor: | Haider J. Warraich, Sarah Chuzi, Esther S. Pak, Akshay S. Desai, Kristen G. Schaefer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care Referral Psychological intervention 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences Advance Care Planning 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Physiology (medical) medicine Ambulatory Care Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Depression (differential diagnoses) Heart Failure business.industry Delivery of Health Care Integrated Palliative Care Vascular surgery Chronic Disease Emergency Medicine Quality of Life Anxiety medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Psychosocial Needs Assessment |
| Zdroj: | Current heart failure reports. 16(6) |
| ISSN: | 1546-9549 |
| Popis: | Patients with heart failure (HF) have an increased symptom burden and complex psychosocial and decision-making needs that necessitate the integration of palliative care. However, in the current era, palliative care is frequently evoked for these patients only at the end-of-life or in the inpatient setting; rarely is palliative care proactively utilized in outpatients with HF. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current state of palliative care and heart failure and to provide a roadmap for the integration of palliative care into outpatient HF care. Recent studies, including PAL-HF, CASA, and SWAP-HF, have demonstrated that structured palliative care interventions may improve quality of life, depression, anxiety, understanding of prognosis, and well-being in HF. HF is associated with high mortality risk, significant symptom burden, and impaired quality of life. Palliative care can meet many of these needs; however, in the current era, palliative care consultations in HF occur late in the disease course and too often in the inpatient setting. Primary palliative care should be provided to all outpatients with heart failure based on their needs, with referral to secondary palliative care provided based on certain triggers and milestones. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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