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A Palliative Approach is Adopted for Many Patients Dying in Hospital with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
COPD 2018 October
Severe chronic breathlessness in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is undertreated and few patients access specialist palliative care in the years before death. This study aimed to determine if symptom palliation or a palliative approach were delivered during the final hospital admission in which death occurred. Retrospective medical record audits were completed at two Australian hospitals, with all patients who died from COPD over 12 years between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2015 included. Of 343 patients included, 217 (63%) were male with median age 79 years (IQR 71.4-85.0). Median respiratory function: FEV1 0.80L (42% predicted), FVC 2.02L (73% predicted) and DLco 9 (42% predicted). 164 (48%) used domiciliary oxygen. Sixty (18%) patients accessed specialist palliative care and 17 (5%) wrote an advance directive prior to the final admission. In the final admission, 252 (74%) patients had their goal of care changed to aim for comfort (palliation) and 99 (29%) were referred to specialist palliative care. Two hundred and eighty-six (83%) patients received opioids and 226 (66%) received benzodiazepines, within 1 or 2 days respectively after admission to palliate symptoms. Median starting and final opioid doses were 10 mg (IQR = 5-20) and 20 mg (IQR = 7-45) oral morphine equivalent/24 h. Hospital site and year of admission were significantly associated with palliative care provision. Respiratory and general physicians provided a palliative approach to the majority of COPD patients during their terminal admission, however, few patients were referred to specialist palliative care. Similarly, there were missed opportunities to offer symptom palliation and a palliative approach in the years before death.
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