Journal article
State of the Science of Palliative Care in Solid Organ Transplantation
Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Vol.30(4), pp.382-395
12/01/2020
DOI: 10.1177/1526924820958156
PMID: 32930042
Abstract
Introduction: Both solid organ transplant candidates and recipients and their family caregivers have complex care needs and may benefit from palliative care. But palliative care is not often considered as part of transplant care despite palliative care being promoted as an important component of transplant care both before and after solid organ transplantation. Further, the current state of the science of palliative care in solid organ transplantation has not been well-documented. Objective: To describe the state of the science of palliative care in solid organ transplant and identify gaps in the literature. Methods: Four electronic databases were searched using controlled vocabulary words and synonymous free text to find articles on palliative care and solid organ transplant. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and checklist were also used. Results: Twenty articles were included in the final review for synthesis, 18 of which involved transplants for adults only. Twelve articles described palliative care for patients before transplant, four articles examined palliative care for patients after transplant, primarily at the end-of-life, and four articles described transplant provider perspectives on palliative care. The reviewed evidence suggested that patients could be benefited by palliative care both pre and posttransplant, particularly for symptom management and advance care planning and that transplant providers faced many barriers to implementing palliative care in practice. Discussion: There is limited research on palliative care following solid organ transplantation, particularly outside of hospice care. Much of the prior research on this topic has described adult patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- State of the Science of Palliative Care in Solid Organ Transplantation
- Creators
- Carolina Gustafson - Emory UniversityMi-Kyung Song - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Vol.30(4), pp.382-395
- DOI
- 10.1177/1526924820958156
- PMID
- 32930042
- NLM abbreviation
- Prog Transplant
- ISSN
- 1526-9248
- eISSN
- 2164-6708
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 14
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984966789102771
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