Palliative care approaches to acute stroke in the hospital setting.
Handb Clin Neurol
; 191: 13-27, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Stroke is a prevalent neurologic condition that portends a high risk of morbidity and mortality such that patients impacted by stroke and their caregivers can benefit from palliative care at the time of diagnosis and throughout the disease trajectory. Clinicians who care for stroke patients should be adept at establishing rapport with patients and caregivers, delivering serious news, responding to emotions, discussing prognosis, and establishing goals of care efficiently in an acute stroke setting. Aggressive stroke care can be integrated with a palliative approach to care that involves aligning the available treatment options with a patient's values and goals of care. Reassessing the goals throughout the hospitalization provides an opportunity for continued shared decision-making about the intensity of poststroke interventions. The palliative needs for stroke patients may increase over time depending on the severity of disease, poststroke complications, stroke-related symptoms, and treatment intensity preferences. If the decision is made to transition the focus of care to comfort, the support of an interdisciplinary palliative care or hospice team can be beneficial to the patient, family members, and surrogate decision makers.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Handb Clin Neurol
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos