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| Title |
Nationwide Survey of Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure in Japan
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| Published in |
Circulation Journal, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1253/circj.cj-17-1305 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Takashi Kuragaichi, Yuma Kurozumi, Shogo Ohishi, Yasuo Sugano, Akihiro Sakashita, Norihiko Kotooka, Makoto Suzuki, Taiki Higo, Dai Yumino, Yasuko Takada, Seiko Maeda, Saori Yamabe, Koichi Washida, Tomonori Takahashi, Tomohito Ohtani, Yasushi Sakata, Yukihito Sato |
| Abstract |
Palliative care for heart failure (HF) patients is recommended in Western guidelines, so this study aimed to clarify the current status of palliative care for HF patients in Japan.Methods and Results:A survey was sent to all Japanese Circulation Society-authorized cardiology training hospitals (n=1,004) in August 2016. A total of 544 institutions (54%) returned the questionnaire. Of them, 527 (98%) answered that palliative care is necessary for patients with HF. A total of 227 (42%) institutions held a palliative care conference for patients with HF, and 79% of the institutions had <10 cases per year. Drug therapy as palliative care was administered at 403 (76%) institutions; morphine (87%) was most frequently used. Among sedatives, dexmedetomidine (33%) was administered more often than midazolam (29%) or propofol (20%). Regarding the timing of end-of-life care, most institutions (84%) reported having considered palliative care when a patient reached the terminal stage of HF. Most frequently, the reason for the decision at the terminal stage was "difficulty in discontinuing cardiotonics." A major impediment to the delivery of palliative care was "difficulty predicting an accurate prognosis." This large-scale survey showed the characteristics of palliative care for HF in Japan. The present findings may aid in the development of effective end-of-life care systems. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3 | 27% |
| Unknown | 8 | 73% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 15% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 24 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 13% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 26 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2022.
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#6,214,801
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Circulation Journal
#327
of 2,314 outputs
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#101,751
of 349,574 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Circulation Journal
#6
of 47 outputs
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