Referral to palliative care in COPD and other chronic diseases: a population-based study.
Kim Beernaert,Joachim Cohen,Luc Deliens,Luc Deliens,Dirk Devroey,Katrien Vanthomme,Koen Pardon,Lieve Van den Block +7 more
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Patients with COPD are underserved in terms of palliative care compared to those with other chronic life-limiting diseases.About:
This article is published in Respiratory Medicine.The article was published on 2013-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 168 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Palliative care & Referral.read more
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Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission
Stein Kaasa,Jon Håvard Loge,Matti Aapro,Tit Albreht,Rebecca Anderson,Eduardo Bruera,Cinzia Brunelli,Augusto Caraceni,Andrés Cervantes,David C. Currow,Luc Deliens,Marie Fallon,Xavier Gómez-Batiste,Kjersti Støen Grotmol,Breffni Hannon,Dagny Faksvåg Haugen,Irene J Higginson,Marianne Jensen Hjermstad,David Hui,Karin Jordan,Geana Paula Kurita,Philip Larkin,Guido Miccinesi,Friedemann Nauck,Rade Pribakovic,Gary Rodin,Per Sjøgren,Patrick Stone,Camilla Zimmermann,Tonje Lundeby +29 more
TL;DR: This Commission proposes the use of standardised care pathways and multidisciplinary teams to promote integration of oncology and palliative care, and calls for changes at the system level to coordinate the activities of professionals, and for the development and implementation of new and improved education programmes, with the overall goal of improving patient care.
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Advanced (stage D) heart failure: A statement from the heart failure society of america guidelines committee
James C. Fang,Gregory A. Ewald,Larry A. Allen,Javed Butler,Cheryl A. Westlake Canary,Monica Colvin-Adams,Michael G. Dickinson,Phillip D. Levy,Wendy Gattis Stough,Nancy K. Sweitzer,John R. Teerlink,David J. Whellan,Nancy M. Albert,Rajan Krishnamani,Michael W. Rich,Mary Norine Walsh,Mark R. Bonnell,Peter E. Carson,Michael C. Chan,Daniel L. Dries,Adrian F. Hernandez,Ray E. Hershberger,Stuart D. Katz,Stephanie A. Moore,Jo E. Rodgers,Joseph G. Rogers,Amanda R. Vest,Michael M. Givertz +27 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that stage D advanced heart failure be defined as the presence of progressive and/or persistent severe signs and symptoms of heart failure despite optimized medical, surgical, and device therapy.
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Effects of person-centred and integrated chronic heart failure and palliative home care. PREFER: a randomized controlled study.
Margareta Brännström,Kurt Boman +1 more
TL;DR: The outcome of person‐centred and integrated Palliative advanced home caRE and heart FailurE caRe (PREFER) with regard to patient symptoms, health‐related quality of life (HQRL), and hospitalizations compared with usual care is evaluated.
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Palliative care and management of troublesome symptoms for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
TL;DR: Early integration of palliative care with respiratory, primary care, and rehabilitation services, with referral on the basis of the complexity of symptoms and concerns, rather than prognosis, can improve patient and caregiver outcomes.
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Palliative Care and Location of Death in Decedents With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Kathleen O. Lindell,Zhan Liang,Leslie A. Hoffman,Margaret Rosenzweig,Melissa Saul,Joseph M. Pilewski,Kevin F. Gibson,Naftali Kaminski +7 more
TL;DR: The majority of patients with IPF died in a hospital setting and only a minority received a formal palliative care referral, indicating the need to study adequacy of end-of-life management in IPF and promote earlier discussion and referral to palliatives care.
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