ArticleCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2015
Palliative care and decision making in advanced heart failure.
Article in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Effect of Advance Care Planning on Heart Failure: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Pooled it
- An Intervention to Improve Physical Function and Caregiver Perceptions in Family Caregivers of Persons With Heart Failure.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2020Trial
- Palliative Care for the Elderly With Heart Diseases in Tertiary Health care: A Concept Analysis.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
- Comprehensive end-of-life care practices for older patients with heart failure provided by specialized nurses: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Psychometric Testing of the Korean Version of the Attitudes toward the Advance Directives in Low-Income Chronically Ill Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Challenges in shared decision making in advanced cancer care: a qualitative longitudinal observational and interview study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Observational
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Abstract
opinion statementThe diagnosis of advanced heart failure (HF) is established in patients for whom symptoms are refractory to guideline-directed therapies. Palliative care (PC) is based on symptom management and support of the patient and family, making its integration into the care of those with advanced HF essential. Comorbidities including frailty, cognitive dysfunction, and depression are often under-recognized in patients with advanced HF and may correlate with outcomes. Decisions should be based on the patient's values, goals agreed upon by the clinician with the patient, and what is medically reasonable. Palliative Care should be integrated to help with both palliation of symptoms and support for families and patients.
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