Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Solid Organ Transplantation

Naoka Murakami, Nathan D. Baggett, Margaret L. Schwarze, Keren Ladin, Andrew M. Courtwright, Hilary J. Goldberg, Eric P. Nolley, Nelia Jain, Michael Landzberg, Kirsten Wentlandt, Jennifer C. Lai, Myrick C. Shinall, Nneka N. Ufere, Christopher A. Jones, Joshua R. Lakin

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1136-1142
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of palliative medicine
Volume25
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2022

Keywords

  • allograft dysfunction
  • end-stage organ failure
  • palliative care
  • physician-patient communication
  • solid organ transplantation
  • symptom burden

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