2020
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Palliative Care Management in Cirrhosis: Expert Review
Tandon P, Walling A, Patton H, Taddei T. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Palliative Care Management in Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 19: 646-656.e3. PMID: 33221550, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenefits of PCPalliative care managementHigh symptom burdenPalliative care principlesManagement of symptomsCourse of diseaseStandard of careEvidence-based reviewLife-limiting illnessAdvance care planningQuality of lifeCirrhosis populationSymptom burdenDisease courseTransplant eligibilityFunctional statusCare discussionsCare planningHospice careCirrhosisCare managementClinical practiceCare principlesCaregiver supportGuidance statements
2019
Introducing Palliative Care within the Treatment of End-Stage Liver Disease: The Study Protocol of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Verma M, Kosinski AS, Volk ML, Taddei T, Ramchandran K, Bakitas M, Green K, Green L, Navarro V. Introducing Palliative Care within the Treatment of End-Stage Liver Disease: The Study Protocol of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2019, 22: s-34-s-43. PMID: 31486722, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseQuality of lifePalliative careESLD patientsLiver diseaseMulticenter cluster-randomized trialPatients' QOLPatient-caregiver dyadsRoutine outpatient careComparative effectiveness trialHealth care utilizationGoal-concordant careCluster-randomized trialUnit of randomizationPrinciples of PCEligible patientsPC interventionsNew onsetAcute episodeSecondary outcomesSymptom burdenConcordant carePrimary outcomeCare utilizationCaregiver burden