ArticleESC heart failure2015
Palliative care needs in patients hospitalized with heart failure (PCHF) study: rationale and design.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Referral Criteria to Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review.Circulation. Heart failure · 2020Pooled it
- The current state of palliative care research in heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2026Article
- Palliative Care Needs of Physically Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Heart Failure.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Urine peptidome analysis in cardiorenal syndrome reflects molecular processes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Palliative care needs-assessment and measurement tools used in patients with heart failure: a systematic mixed-studies review with narrative synthesis.Heart failure reviews · 2021Review
- The novel urinary proteomic classifier HF1 has similar diagnostic and prognostic utility to BNP in heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2020Article
- Lung Ultrasound in Acute Heart Failure: Prevalence of Pulmonary Congestion and Short- and Long-Term Outcomes.JACC. Heart failure · 2019Observational
- Screening and Initiating Supportive Care in Patients With Heart Failure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2019Article
- Talking to patients with heart failure about end of life.European journal of heart failure · 2018Article
- Which patients with heart failure should receive specialist palliative care?European journal of heart failure · 2018Article
- Muscle wasting and sarcopenia in heart failure and beyond: update 2017.ESC heart failure · 2017Review
- Palliative care in heart failure: facts and numbers.ESC heart failure · 2017Article
- Publication trends in cachexia and sarcopenia in elderly heart failure patients.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2016Review
- Palliative care needs in patients hospitalized with heart failure (PCHF) study: rationale and design.ESC heart failure · 2015Article
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11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimsThe primary aim of this study is to provide data to inform the design of a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) of a palliative care (PC) intervention in heart failure (HF). We will identify an appropriate study population with a high prevalence of PC needs defined using quantifiable measures. We will also identify which components a specific and targeted PC intervention in HF should include and attempt to define the most relevant trial outcomes.
methodsAn unselected, prospective, near-consecutive, cohort of patients admitted to hospital with acute decompensated HF will be enrolled over a 2-year period. All potential participants will be screened using B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiography, and all those enrolled will be extensively characterized in terms of their HF status, comorbidity, and PC needs. Quantitative assessment of PC needs will include evaluation of general and disease-specific quality of life, mood, symptom burden, caregiver burden, and end of life care. Inpatient assessments will be performed and after discharge outpatient assessments will be carried out every 4 months for up to 2.5 years. Participants will be followed up for a minimum of 1 year for hospital admissions, and place and cause of death. Methods for identifying patients with HF with PC needs will be evaluated, and estimates of healthcare utilisation performed.
conclusionBy assessing the prevalence of these needs, describing how these needs change over time, and evaluating how best PC needs can be identified, we will provide the foundation for designing an RCT of a PC intervention in HF.
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