Prognostic tools in advanced heart failure can help identify patients with poor prognosis to increase appropriately timed palliative medicine referrals and improve quality of life.
This review highlights multiple tools useful for prognostication in advanced heart failure to aid in appropriately timed palliative care referrals.
A minority of patients with end-stage disease are referred to palliative medicine for consultation in advanced heart failure. Educating stakeholders, including primary care, cardiology, and critical care of the benefits of hospice and palliative medicine for patients with poor prognosis, may increase appropriately timed referrals and improve quality of life for these patients. This article reviews multiple tools useful in prognostication in the setting of advanced heart failure.
Treece et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Advanced heart failure. Prognostic tools was evaluated. Prognostic tools in advanced heart failure can help identify patients with poor prognosis to increase appropriately timed palliative medicine referrals and improve quality of life.
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