In general, the skills required for symptom management in CHF and CLD are the same as
those for patients with malignant disease and are described in more detail elsewhere. 10, 11 …

Symptoms and compromised quality of life prevail throughout the course of heart failure (HF)
and thus should be specifically addressed with palliative measures. Palliative care for HF …

Background: Heart failure is a common condition with a significant physical and
psychological burden for patients and their families. The need for supportive and palliative …

Background: Although chronic heart failure (CHF) has a high mortality rate and symptom
burden, and clinical guidance stipulates palliative care intervention, there is a lack of …

Heart failure (HF) affects nearly 5.7 million Americans and is described as a chronic
incurable illness carrying a poor prognosis. Patients living with HF experience significant …

The need for people with heart failure to have access to palliative care is well recognized.
There is consensus that the best way to effect this is to provide palliative care alongside and …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is predominantly a disease of older people. In the United
Kingdom the prevalence rises exponentially with increasing age from 5.5 per 1000 …

Background: Chronic heart failure is common, particularly in older individuals, and
comorbidities are frequent. Patients with end stage heart failure can be highly symptomatic …

Globally, there are 18-million individuals living with heart failure, a disease that is
responsible for 12–15 million office visits and 6.5 million inpatient hospitalizations each …

BACKGROUND: People with advanced heart failure (HF) have demonstrable supportive
and palliative care needs. Effective service configuration and delivery should be informed by …