Palliative care in cardiology

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F27661989%3A_____%2F15%3AN0000005" target="_blank" >RIV/27661989:_____/15:N0000005 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://e-coretvasa.cz/artkey/cor-201501-0017_palliative-care-in-cardiology.php" target="_blank" >https://e-coretvasa.cz/artkey/cor-201501-0017_palliative-care-in-cardiology.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvasa.2014.12.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.crvasa.2014.12.005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Palliative care in cardiology

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Palliative care is an approach aimed at improving the quality of life of patients (and their families) faced with a life-threatening condition. Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a progressive disease with increasing incidence and prevalence. Despite (or perhaps, because of) all the advances in medicine, CHF remains one of the leading causes of death. Even with the availability of numerous prognostic tools, an estimate of the course and outcome of a CHF patient continues to pose a challenge. As a result, palliative care should be initiated early and provided in parallel with curative treatment. The cornerstone of palliative care is communication based, mainly, on listening to the patient, telling the patient their unfavorable diagnosis, and therapeutic dialog. Drug therapy is provided in an effort to alleviate the symptoms. Non-pharmacological options of improving the quality of life of the patient include nutritional care, rehabilitation and, possibly, treatment of sleep apnea. Deactivation of the implantable cardioverter/ defibrillator should also be considered as an option. Last but not least, the attending physician should focus on the psychological and spiritual needs of the patient. Palliative care in cardiology poses a major challenge to all members of teams caring for the CHF patient not only over the last weeks of their lives, but during their entire course of treatment.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Palliative care in cardiology

Popis výsledku anglicky

Palliative care is an approach aimed at improving the quality of life of patients (and their families) faced with a life-threatening condition. Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a progressive disease with increasing incidence and prevalence. Despite (or perhaps, because of) all the advances in medicine, CHF remains one of the leading causes of death. Even with the availability of numerous prognostic tools, an estimate of the course and outcome of a CHF patient continues to pose a challenge. As a result, palliative care should be initiated early and provided in parallel with curative treatment. The cornerstone of palliative care is communication based, mainly, on listening to the patient, telling the patient their unfavorable diagnosis, and therapeutic dialog. Drug therapy is provided in an effort to alleviate the symptoms. Non-pharmacological options of improving the quality of life of the patient include nutritional care, rehabilitation and, possibly, treatment of sleep apnea. Deactivation of the implantable cardioverter/ defibrillator should also be considered as an option. Last but not least, the attending physician should focus on the psychological and spiritual needs of the patient. Palliative care in cardiology poses a major challenge to all members of teams caring for the CHF patient not only over the last weeks of their lives, but during their entire course of treatment.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Cor et Vasa

ISSN

0010-8650

e-ISSN

1803-7712

Svazek periodika

57

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

E39-E44

Kód UT WoS článku

000409984800006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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