ReviewAnnals of surgery2018
Palliative Care in Surgery: Defining the Research Priorities.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Palliative prognostic tools in surgical patients at the end of life: a systematic review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- International palliative care research priorities: A systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2020Pooled it
- Surgery-Type and Dose-Response Analysis of Palliative Care in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- What does it mean to die a bad death? Provider perspectives in the surgical intensive care unit.Surgery · 2026Article
- Exploring Pathways to Optimise Care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): A realist review of shared decision-making with people with advanced cancer and severe symptoms.Palliative medicine · 2026Review
- Role of Palliative Cytoreductive Surgery for Patients with Incompletely Resectable Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- One voice at the bedside: aligning goals of care and prognostic communication in trauma and acute care surgery.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Article
- A Comparison of All-Cause Mortality in Patients Who Required Glaucoma Surgery for Neovascular Glaucoma or Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Trends in End-of-Life Care and Satisfaction Among Veterans Undergoing Surgery.Annals of surgery · 2025Article
- Decision making in surgery: honoring patient autonomy despite high mortality risk in a 36-year-old woman with endocarditis.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Better end-of-life care in surgical patients: Veterans Affairs Bereaved Family Survey - a qualitative analysis.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Article
- Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Review
- Aggressive end-of-life care in patients with gastrointestinal cancers - a nationwide study from Denmark.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Costly Hospital Care among Patients with Dementia and Acute Respiratory Failure.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024Article
- TAVR in Older Adults: Moving Toward a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Away From Chronological Age:JACC. Advances · 2024Article
- Practicing Surgeons' Perception of Barriers to Palliative Care Delivery in British Columbia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Palliative surgery: state of the science and future directions.The British journal of surgery · 2024Article
- Tracheostomies for respiratory failure are associated with a high inpatient mortality: a potential trigger to reconsider goals of care.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Timeliness in Cancer Care from the Patient Perspective.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the existing science of palliative care in surgery within three priority areas and expose specific gaps within the field.
backgroundGiven the acute and often life-limiting nature of surgical illness, as well as the potential for treatment to induce further suffering, surgical patients have considerable palliative care needs. Yet these patients are less likely to receive palliative care than their medical counterparts and palliative care consultations often occur when death is imminent, reflecting poor quality end-of-life care.
methodsThe National Institutes of Health and the National Palliative Care Research Center convened researchers from several medical subspecialties to develop a national agenda for palliative care research. The surgeon work group reviewed the existing surgical literature to identify critical knowledge gaps.
resultsTo date, evidence to support the role of palliative care in surgical practice is sparse and palliative care research in surgery is encumbered by methodological challenges and entrenched cultural norms that impede appropriate provision of palliative care. Priorities for future research on palliative care in surgery include: 1) measuring outcomes that matter to patients, 2) communication and decision making, and 3) delivery of palliative care to surgical patients.
conclusionsSurgical patients would likely benefit from early palliative care delivered alongside surgical treatment to promote goal-concordant decision making and to improve patients' physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being and quality of life. We propose a research agenda to address major gaps in the literature and provide a road map for future investigation.
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