The utility of the surprise question: A useful tool for identifying patients nearing the last phase of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis

EVTJ van Lummel, L Ietswaard… - Palliative …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The surprise question is widely used to identify patients nearing the last phase
of life. Potential differences in accuracy between timeframe, patient subgroups and type of …

The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Gupta, R Burgess, M Drozd, J Gierula… - BMJ supportive & …, 2025 - spcare.bmj.com
Background The Surprise Question,'Would you be surprised if this person died within the
next year?'is a simple tool that can be used by clinicians to identify people within the last …

[HTML][HTML] Referral criteria to specialist palliative care for people with advanced chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

A Collins, D Hui, SN Davison, K Ducharlet… - Journal of pain and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Context People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have significant morbidity, yet
for many, access to palliative care occurs late, if at all. Objectives This study sought to …

Predicting transfer to haemodialysis using the peritoneal dialysis surprise question

A Anwaar, S Liu, M Montez-Rath… - Peritoneal Dialysis …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People on peritoneal dialysis (PD) at risk of transfer to haemodialysis (HD)
need support to remain on PD or ensure a safe transition to HD. Simple point-of-care risk …

Identifying the palliative care needs of frail, older, housebound patients in the community: A cross-sectional study

L Hentsch, C Pereira, N Pinon, A Tahar… - Palliative & Supportive …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe early introduction of palliative care can have a positive impact on the quality
of life of patients suffering from life-limiting diseases. However, the palliative care needs of …

Physicians are over optimistic in recognizing inpatients' survival and palliative care needs: a large-scale multi-center study in Taiwan

CM Huang, SJ Huang, TY Wu, YC Chen… - … Journal of Medicine, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Physicians' recognition of end of life (EOL) has key influences on patients''good
death'. Aim We aimed to study physicians' attitude toward EOL, and to analyze the …

Palliative care screening tools and patient outcomes: a systematic review

M Zhang, Y Zhao, M Peng - BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2024 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Palliative care (PC) refers to providing patients with physical, psychological,
mental, and other care and humanistic care services in a multidisciplinary collaborative …

Screening for palliative care needs in primary care

MCL Elverum - 2022 - scholarworks.montana.edu
Statement of the problem. Palliative care is a fast growing, yet underutilized specialty that
focuses on patient-perceived needs and goals of care. As the US population becomes older …

A dializált betegek palliatív ellátása.

S Nóra, T Sára, KUN Szilárd… - Hypertonia és …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Introduction: Palliative care improves the quality of life in patients with serious condition
suffering from chronic, progressive disease. In our work, we assessed the symptoms …