Palliative Care in Cardiac Intensive Care Units

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-80111-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 527 g

This book analyzes the main topics of Palliative Care in Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU), from the changing epidemiology of patients admitted to the ICU, to the main clinical and ethical issues.

The changing epidemiology of patients has led to new and emerging patient needs at the end of life. Care has shifted from acute coronary syndrome patients towards elderly patients, with a high prevalence of non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases and a high burden of non-cardiovascular comorbid conditions: both increase the susceptibility of patients to developing life-threatening critical conditions. These conditions are associated with a significant symptom burden, high mortality rate, and increased length of stay.

The main new challenges involve shared decision-making, symptom control (pain, dyspnea, etc.), and ethical issues (withholding/withdrawing life sustaining treatments, deactivation of implanted cardiac devices, palliative sedation), all of which necessitate formal education on end-of-life care.

Written by opinion leaders in their respective fields, who share their experience with improving the cultural and clinical competence of medical/nursing teams, this volume is chiefly intended for cardiologists, anesthesiologists, palliative care doctors and nursing staff.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Romanò, Massimo

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Epidemiology and patterns of care in the modern Cardiac Intensive Care Units.- 2. The intensive and advanced treatments in the Cardiac Intensive Care Units.- 3. Symptoms assessment and management.- 4. The meanings of prognosis: when and how to discuss it?.- 5. Informed consent, advance directives and shared care planning.- 6. Withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatments.- 7. Deactivation of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs)at the end of life.- 8. Withdrawal  of Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.- 9. Do not attempt resuscitation orders in CICU.- 10. Palliative sedation in CICU: when, how, why.- 11. Nursing and the end of life in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.- 12. Conflict management in CICU.- 13. Ethical considerations in the use of Technology  in the  CICU.- 14. Physician education and training in Palliative Care: a new challenge in modern Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

Über Autor(innen)

Massimo Romanò has been a Cardiologist in the Italian National Health System for 40 years. A past Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Garbagnate Milanese Hospital, Italy and past Head of the Cardiology Division at Vigevano Hospital, Italy, he has also been a Consultant at the Interdepartmental Center of Research on Palliative Care, University of Milan and a Member of the Organizing Committee for the 2 Level Master in Palliative Care at the University of Milan. Since the early 2000s he has developed a particular interest in advanced heart failure and in end-of-life issues. He was involved in a drafting an Italian position paper on shared care planning for end stage chronic organ failures. He has also published papers on palliative care issues in cardiac intensive care units, and on the deactivation of implanted cardiac devices at the end of life.