ReviewInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2015
Palliative care in COPD: an unmet area for quality improvement.
Review in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- A 7-point evidence-based care discharge protocol for patients hospitalized for exacerbation of COPD: consensus strategy and expert recommendation.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Palliative Care Initiation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prognosis-Based, Symptoms-Based or Needs-Based?International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Pooled it
- Palliative care and prognosis in COPD: a systematic review with a validation cohort.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Pooled it
- Proactive palliative care for patients with COPD (PROLONG): a pragmatic cluster controlled trial.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Trial
- Needs among persons with advanced COPD and their informal caregivers: a multi-perspective qualitative study focusing on the potential role of palliative care.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Polypharmacy and Drug-Drug Interactions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Narrative Clinical Review.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- A Proposed Checklist for Optimizing COPD Patient Discharge Processes in Italian Internal Medicine Wards.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Review
- Depression and Anxiety as Comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model to Identify Women With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for Proactive Palliative Care.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2025Article
- The effect of dignity therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Exploring the Holistic Needs of People Living with Cancer in Care Homes: An Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The experience of hospitalization in people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative, phenomenological study.Chronic illness · 2023Article
- Knowledge and Preference of Filipino COPD Patients on Advance Care Planning: A Cross-sectional Survey.Acta medica Philippina · 2023Article
- Prevention of Re-Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbations: Perspectives of People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Qualitative Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Palliative Care Access and Delivery for Great Plains American Indians.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
- Evidence-based management approaches for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A practice review.Palliative medicine · 2022Review
- Development of primary care quality indicators for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using a Delphi-derived method.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2022Article
- Mapping of Modifiable Factors with Interdisciplinary Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Guidelines Adherence to the Theoretical Domains Framework: A Systematic Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Review
- Stakeholders' Views on Reducing Psychological Distress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
- Patient, carer and health professional experiences of end-of-life care services in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an interpretive synthesis of qualitative studies.Integrated healthcare journal · 2022Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients suffer from refractory breathlessness, unrecognized anxiety and depression, and decreased quality of life. Palliative care improves symptom management, patient reported health-related quality of life, cost savings, and mortality though the majority of patients with COPD die without access to palliative care. There are many barriers to providing palliative care to patients with COPD including the difficulty in prognosticating a patient's course causing referrals to occur late in a patient's disease. Additionally, physicians avoid conversations about advance care planning due to unique communication barriers present with patients with COPD. Lastly, many health systems are not set up to provide trained palliative care physicians to patients with chronic disease including COPD. This review analyzes the above challenges, the available data regarding palliative care applied to the COPD population, and proposes an alternative approach to address the unmet needs of patients with COPD with proactive primary palliative care.
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