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ReviewCurrent heart failure reports2019

Role of Palliative Care in the Outpatient Management of the Chronic Heart Failure Patient.

Sarah Chuzi, Esther S Pak, Akshay S Desai, Kristen G Schaefer, Haider J Warraich

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Review in Current heart failure reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah ChuziDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University at Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Esther S PakDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Akshay S DesaiCenter for Advanced Heart Disease, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Kristen G SchaeferHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Haider J WarraichCenter for Advanced Heart Disease, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. hwarraich@partners.org.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · USHospital of the University of Pennsylvania · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewPatients with heart failure (HF) have an increased symptom burden and complex psychosocial and decision-making needs that necessitate the integration of palliative care. However, in the current era, palliative care is frequently evoked for these patients only at the end-of-life or in the inpatient setting; rarely is palliative care proactively utilized in outpatients with HF. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current state of palliative care and heart failure and to provide a roadmap for the integration of palliative care into outpatient HF care. RECENT

findingsRecent studies, including PAL-HF, CASA, and SWAP-HF, have demonstrated that structured palliative care interventions may improve quality of life, depression, anxiety, understanding of prognosis, and well-being in HF. HF is associated with high mortality risk, significant symptom burden, and impaired quality of life. Palliative care can meet many of these needs; however, in the current era, palliative care consultations in HF occur late in the disease course and too often in the inpatient setting. Primary palliative care should be provided to all outpatients with heart failure based on their needs, with referral to secondary palliative care provided based on certain triggers and milestones.

Indexed as

Advance Care PlanningAmbulatory CareChronic DiseaseDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHeart FailureHumansNeeds AssessmentPalliative CareQuality of LifeClinicHeart failureOutpatientPalliative careSymptoms

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PMID31792699
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