Current trends in palliative heart care.
Palliative care is an alternate therapeutic approach that involves specialised medical care of a patient diagnosed with serious life threatening illness like heart failure (HF). The prime aim of the palliative care is to provide patient with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of the diagnosed disease. The palliative care helps in improving the quality of life for both the patient and the family. Advanced HF is a disease process that carries a high burden of symptoms, suffering, and death. Palliative care can complement traditional care to improve symptom amelioration, patient-caregiver communication, emotional support, and medical decision making. The present review summarized all the available on alternative palliative approaches provided to heart patient by a team of physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Xuzhou Geriatric Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China - 1973597738@qq.com.
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D003657:Decision Making; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy