Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Solid Organ Transplantation.
Naoka MurakamiNathan D BaggettMargaret L SchwarzeKeren LadinAndrew M CourtwrightHilary J GoldbergEric P NolleyNelia JainMichael LandzbergKirsten WentlandtJennifer C LaiMyrick C ShinallNneka N UfereChristopher A JonesJoshua R LakinPublished in: Journal of palliative medicine (2022)
Solid organ transplantation (SOT) is a life-saving procedure for people with end-stage organ failure. However, patients experience significant symptom burden, complex decision making, morbidity, and mortality during both pre- and post-transplant periods. Palliative care (PC) is well suited and historically underdelivered for the transplant population. This article, written by a team of transplant specialists (surgeons, cardiologists, nephrologists, hepatologists, and pulmonologists), PC clinicians, and an ethics specialist, shares 10 high-yield tips for PC clinicians to consider when caring for SOT patients.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- advanced cancer
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- decision making
- peritoneal dialysis
- public health
- prognostic factors
- mesenchymal stem cells
- big data
- risk factors
- machine learning
- cell therapy
- minimally invasive
- bone marrow
- patient reported outcomes
- global health
- artificial intelligence