Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning

Uses

Benefits

Risks & contraindications

Highlighted claims

• Clinicians suggested treatment preferences around PCN and RUS should be discussed before emergency presentation. — Malignant upper urinary tract obstruction resulting in hospital admission: a qualitative study of patient, carer and clinician experiences and information received
• Earlier planning would let patients consider whether they would accept decompression and what quality of life means to them before acute distress. — Malignant upper urinary tract obstruction resulting in hospital admission: a qualitative study of patient, carer and clinician experiences and information received
• Palliative care clinicians said conversations about the absence of curative options are difficult and may be avoided or handled poorly. — Malignant upper urinary tract obstruction resulting in hospital admission: a qualitative study of patient, carer and clinician experiences and information received
• Communication about end of life and treatment options should involve all MUUTO clinicians, not only palliative care specialists. — Malignant upper urinary tract obstruction resulting in hospital admission: a qualitative study of patient, carer and clinician experiences and information received
• MUUTO could be raised during advanced cancer diagnosis or disease progression conversations because kidney obstruction is common in some advanced cancers. — Malignant upper urinary tract obstruction resulting in hospital admission: a qualitative study of patient, carer and clinician experiences and information received