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ArticlePalliative medicine reports2023

Specialist Palliative Care Consultation for Patients with Nonmalignant Pulmonary Diseases: A Retrospective Study.

Hanna Pihlaja, Heidi Rantala, Sirpa Leivo-Korpela, Lauri Lehtimäki, Juho T Lehto, Reetta P Piili

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Article in Palliative medicine reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hanna PihlajaTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-4818
Heidi RantalaTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-5553
Sirpa Leivo-KorpelaTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Lauri LehtimäkiTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Juho T LehtoTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Reetta P PiiliTUNI Palliative Care Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Tampere University of Applied Sciences · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Few patients with chronic nonmalignant pulmonary diseases receive specialist palliative care consultation, despite their high symptom burden in end of life. Objectives: To study palliative care decision making, survival, and hospital resource usage in patients with nonmalignant pulmonary diseases with or without a specialist palliative care consultation. Methods: A retrospective chart review of all patients with a chronic nonmalignant pulmonary disease and a palliative care decision (palliative goal of therapy), who were treated in Tampere University Hospital, Finland, between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020. Results: A total of 107 patients were included in the study, 62 (58%) had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and 43 (40%) interstitial lung disease (ILD). Median survival after palliative care decision was shorter in patients with ILD than in patients with COPD (59 vs. 213 days, Conclusions: Specialist palliative care consultation seems to enable better end-of-life care and supports shared decision making for patients with nonmalignant pulmonary diseases. Therefore, palliative care consultations should be utilized in nonmalignant pulmonary diseases preferably before the last days of life.

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chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseconsultationend-of-life careinterstitial lung diseasenonmalignant pulmonary diseasepalliative care

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PMID37095866
PMCPMC10122226
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