Palliative care in chronic disease

Palliative care in chronic disease.

Palliative care in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The fact that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a terminal illness comes as no surprise to clinicians on acute medical wards, especially as the winter takes hold. Why then are patients surprised when end of life issues are raised or referrals made to hospice services? In the linked study (doi:10.1136/bmj.d142), Pinnock and colleagues postulate that patients passively accept their ...

comparing end‑of‑life care in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with and without palliative care in taiwan

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: we investigated the difference of clinical practice pattern between end‑stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) patients with and without palliative care at the end of life in taiwan. materials and methods: a total of 91 copd patients who died in an acute care hospital were enrolled from one community teaching hospital in no...

Parkinson’s disease permanent care unit: managing the chronic-palliative interface

BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) eventually leads to severe functional decline and dependence. Specialized care units for PD patients in need of permanent care are lacking. METHODS Patients with severe PD are referred to the PD permanent care unit harboring 30 patients with specialized medical and health care provided by trained staff. Patients need to have intensive medical and care needs...

Palliative care provision for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability, morbidity and mortality in old age. Patients with advanced stage COPD are most likely to be admitted three to four times per year with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) which are costly to manage. The adverse events of AECOPD are associated with poor quality of life, severe physical disability, loneliness, and depre...