The Impact of Obesity in End of Life Care in Patients With End Stage Liver Disease: An Observational Study.
Kavitha SubramoneyEric OrmanAmy W JohnsonAreeba KaraPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2020)
Obesity is common in patients hospitalized with ESLD who may be approaching the end of life. Referral rates to hospice and palliative care services are low and similar regardless of BMI and despite higher co-morbidity burdens in obese patients. Obesity may delay referrals to hospice and palliative care.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- weight loss
- advanced cancer
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- weight gain
- metabolic syndrome
- bariatric surgery
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- newly diagnosed
- body mass index
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- peritoneal dialysis
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- patient reported