Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Apr 2018
Multicenter StudyPalliative care triggers in progressive neurodegenerative conditions: An evaluation using a multi-centre retrospective case record review and principal component analysis.
The use of specific triggers has been suggested to help identify patients with progressive neurological disease who would benefit from palliative care. ⋯ This study demonstrates that there is a high burden of triggers in the last months and years of life and that these could potentially be reduced to fewer components. Prospective studies assessing which triggers are useful for different conditions are now required.