Palliative Care at the Very End of Life - Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Palliative Care at the Very End of Life - Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Palliative Care at the Very End of Life - Dartmouth-Hitchcock
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Benefits and Burdens<br />
Burdens <strong>of</strong> Artificial Feeding *<br />
Risk <strong>of</strong> aspir<strong>at</strong>ion pneumonia is <strong>the</strong> same or<br />
gre<strong>at</strong>er than without non-oral non oral feeding<br />
Increased need to use restraints<br />
Wound infections, abdominal pain and tube-<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ed discomfort<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r tube problems<br />
Cost; Indignity<br />
* Much <strong>of</strong> this d<strong>at</strong>a comes from use <strong>of</strong> tube feeding in advanced dementia<br />
(see next slide)<br />
Weissman, D.E., Biern<strong>at</strong>, K., & Rehm, J. (2003)
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