Open AccessPalliative Care in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
João Fernandes Pedro,
Paulo Reis-Pina
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.15963
Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , palliative care , heart failure , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , medline , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , emergency medicine , nursing , political science , law
Heart failure is a disease with survival estimates of around 10% after 10 years of the disease. Being a chronic and debilitatingillness, it is important to investigate the potential efficacy of a palliative care approach for these patients. The aim of this study is to systematically review the efficacy of integrating palliative care in patients with advanced heart failure, including the outcomes overall quality of life and well-being, overall symptom burden and possible specific symptoms, hospital admission rates and mortality.