2023
Rates, patterns, and predictors of specialty palliative care consultation among patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
Patel A, Walling A, Kanwal F, Serper M, Hernaez R, Sundaram V, Kaplan D, Taddei T, Mahmud N. Rates, patterns, and predictors of specialty palliative care consultation among patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure. JHEP Reports 2023, 6: 100976. PMID: 38274489, PMCID: PMC10808910, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100976.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialty palliative care consultationPalliative care consultationChronic liver failureFacility-level variationCare consultationsLiver failurePalliative careTime of deathACLF-3Significant facility-level variationRetrospective cohort studyTiming of consultationFacility factorsMixed-effects regression analysisQuality improvement effortsACLF gradeACLF-1ACLF-2Acute hospitalizationCohort studyIll patientsACLFGrade 3Hepatocellular carcinomaSick patients
2021
Palliative Care Always: Hepatology—Virtual Primary Palliative Care Training for Hepatologists
DeNofrio JC, Verma M, Kosinski AS, Navarro V, Taddei TH, Volk ML, Bakitas M, Ramchandran K. Palliative Care Always: Hepatology—Virtual Primary Palliative Care Training for Hepatologists. Hepatology Communications 2021, 6: 920-930. PMID: 34719137, PMCID: PMC8948550, DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseasePalliative carePrimary palliative carePalliative care skillsPalliative care trainingRoutine patient carePsychological symptom managementPC skillsLiver diseaseSymptom managementPractice patternsPost-knowledge assessmentSerious illnessCare skillsHepatologistsPatient carePsychosocial supportCare trainingPatientsCareCompletion of courseworkKnowledge assessmentCourseHepatologyIllness
2020
Palliative Care in Cirrhosis: Beyond Misconceptions
Jakab S, Verma M, Navarro V, Taddei T. Palliative Care in Cirrhosis: Beyond Misconceptions. Current Treatment Options In Gastroenterology 2020, 18: 245-254. DOI: 10.1007/s11938-020-00283-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced liver diseasePalliative careLiver diseaseManagement of patientsDifferent patient populationsQuality of lifeLiver transplantationSupportive carePatient populationLiver cancerPractical updateMedical providersRoutine practicePatientsCareCirrhosisDelivery modeBest delivery modeDiseaseCaregiversTransplantationHepatologyClarification of goalsSymptomsCancer
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
2018
Palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis: A review
Langberg KM, Kapo JM, Taddei TH. Palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis: A review. Liver International 2018, 38: 768-775. PMID: 29112338, DOI: 10.1111/liv.13620.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPalliative carePatient populationProspective randomized control trialIncidence of cirrhosisPalliative care consultationAdvanced care planningPatient-reported outcomesSmall observational studiesPotential treatment optionCost of careRandomized control trialQuality of lifeLiver transplantSymptom controlICU utilizationLiver diseaseCare consultationsTreatment optionsPatient satisfactionHospital costsObservational studyCirrhosisCare planningControl trialOnly cure