Can palliative care consultation increase integration of palliative care for patients with hematologic malignancies?

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PROD'HOMME, Chloé | TOUZET, Licia | PIERRAT, Magali | CHEVALIER, Luc | LESAFFRE, Helene | BERTHON, Celine | COITEUX, Valerie | BARBIEUX, Sarah | BEAUVAIS, David | BAUSCHERT, Loïc | GOURSAUD, Laure | MANIER, Salomon | FACON, Thierry | CHARETTE, Marie de

Patients with hematological malignancies (HMs) have less access to palliative care (PC) than other patients with cancer and benefit from it later on in the course of their disease, although symptom burden is just as heavy. We created a specialized outpatient PC consultation in the hematology department to improve the quality of patient management and enhance cooperation with hematologists. We found that although patient characteristics and survival were extremely variable, they all had in common a need for symptom management and care coordination. As a result of the consultation, hematology teams called upon a specialized PC multidisciplinary team more often to meet patients hospitalized within their departments, and more patients with HMs were hospitalized in PC units. [Début de l'article]

http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004369

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