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Palliative care for advanced heart failure is limited by difficult prognostication and inadequate end-of-life conversations, with integrated models based on symptom triggers recommended.
Integrated models of palliative care based on symptom triggers rather than prognosis are recommended for patients with advanced heart failure.
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Identifies barriers limiting palliative care access in heart failure; leaves open optimal strategies for integration pending higher-level evidence.
Gadoud et al. (2013) conducted a review in Heart failure. Palliative care was evaluated. Palliative care for advanced heart failure is limited by difficult prognostication and inadequate end-of-life conversations, with integrated models based on symptom triggers recommended.
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