Establishing Goals of Care for Patients with Stroke and Feeding Problems: An Interdisciplinary Trigger-Based Continuous Quality Improvement Project

Few patients with dysphagia due to stroke receive early palliative care to align treatment goals with their values, as called for by practice guidelines, particularly before enteral access procedures for artificial nutrition.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - June 25, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Franchesca Hwang, Christine Boardingham, Susanne Walther, Molly Jacob, Andrea Hidalgo, Chirag D. Gandhi, Anne C. Mosenthal, Sangeeta Lamba, Ana Berlin Source Type: research