Palliative Care in Acute Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Palliative care is increasingly acknowledged as beneficial in supporting patients and families affected by heart failure, but policy documents have generally focused on the chronic form of this disease. We examined palliative care provision for those with acute heart failure, based on the recently updated National Consensus Project Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care.

Recent findings

The commonest reason for hospitalization in those > 65 years, acute heart failure admissions delineate crisis points on the unpredictable disease trajectory. Palliative care is underutilized, often perceived as limited to end-of-life care rather than determined by regular systematic needs assessment. No dominant paradigm of palliative care provision has eme

SUBMITTER: Beattie JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683469 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature