Palliative care interventions for surgical patients : a narrative review

Article

KOPECKY, Kimberly E. | FLORISSI, Isabella S. | GREER, Jonathan B. | JOHNSTON, Fabian M.

Background and Objective: Palliative interventions have known benefits in the care of surgical patients with advanced illness. However, the literature supporting the routine use and implementation of palliative care in the context of surgery is limited. The primary aim of this review was to explore the literature that has been published in the field of surgical palliative care since 2016. The secondary aim of this analysis was to categorize updates in literature in three foundational domains (I) measuring outcomes that matter to patients; (II) communication and decision making; and (III) delivery of palliative care to surgical patients. Methods: This analysis included citations from PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, and CINAHL, circulated between 01/01/2016 and 22/02/2022 that studied palliative care interventions for surgical patients. Additional articles were included following a manual review of citations and publications from the Annals of Palliative Medicine. Key Content and Findings: A total of 3,258 unique articles were identified through the database search, and eight additional studies were identified from manual review. Twenty-two articles were included in the final narrative review: seven addressed the first foundational domain, three explored the second, and twelve summarized developments in the third. Conclusions: With advances in clinical opportunities to support seriously ill patients, the adoption of palliative care frameworks in surgical settings is essential to achieving value-concordant care. Though the literature studying the delivery of palliative care for surgical patients is slowly expanding, additional work is needed to optimize pre and post-operative patient engagement in complex decision making, align surgical treatments with patient-oriented outcomes, and integrate palliative care principles into routine surgical practice.

http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/apm-22-770

Voir la revue «Annals of palliative medicine, 11»

Autres numéros de la revue «Annals of palliative medicine»

Consulter en ligne

Suggestions

Du même auteur

Palliative care interventions for surgical pa...

Article indépendant | KOPECKY, Kimberly E. | Annals of palliative medicine | n°11 | vol.11

Background and Objective: Palliative interventions have known benefits in the care of surgical patients with advanced illness. However, the literature supporting the routine use and implementation of palliative care in the context...

Palliative care interventions for surgical pa...

Article indépendant | KOPECKY, Kimberly E. | Annals of palliative medicine | n°11 | vol.11

Background and Objective: Palliative interventions have known benefits in the care of surgical patients with advanced illness. However, the literature supporting the routine use and implementation of palliative care in the context...

Nomenclature in palliative surgery

Article indépendant | KOPECKY, Kimberly E. | The American surgeon

Surgical palliative care, palliative care interventions, and palliative surgery all reference a blend of these 2 sub-specialty fields. Despite prior published definitions, use of these phrases both clinically and in the literature...

De la même série

Preparing for death : a survey on rituals in ...

Article | THIESBONENKAMP-MAAG, Julia | Annals of palliative medicine | n°1 | vol.14

BACKGROUND: In the majority of cultures, death is accompanied by a series of rituals that assist the bereaved in coping with this significant transition. However, there is a paucity of empirical literature on the organisation of s...

Palliative care in the older adult with advan...

Article | CHEN, Elaine | Annals of palliative medicine | n°1 | vol.14

Advanced lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and various types of interstitial lung disease (ILD), are common disabling respiratory conditions with increasing prevalence in older adults. In this ch...

Subcutaneous dexmedetomidine for sedation of ...

Article | LAPENSKIE, Julie | Annals of palliative medicine | n°1 | vol.14

BACKGROUND: Agitated delirium frequently poses management challenges in palliative care. Interventions are needed to manage delirium yet allow meaningful end-of-life communication. Dexmedetomidine can provide wakeful sedation and ...

Caregiver needs in end-of-life care are diver...

Article | KOO, Alice | Annals of palliative medicine | n°2 | vol.14

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Informal caregivers are essential to home-based end-of-life (EOL) care. However, their needs are often not well-understood and described in relation to caregiving, rather than with a 'caregiver-centric' p...

Discussing end-of-life care for persons exper...

Article | MOUREAU, Loïc | Annals of palliative medicine | n°2 | vol.14

BACKGROUND: End-of-life care for persons experiencing severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) is a complex topic that deserves more attention. Despite growing awareness within international scientific research, topics such as ...

Chargement des enrichissements...