Palliative care and chronic heart failure

Czech version

Authors: Jiří Vítovec ¹; Ladislav Kabelka ^2,3; Lenka Špinarová ¹; Jindřich Špinar ⁴
Authors‘ workplace: I. interní kardio-angiologická klinika LF MU a FN u sv. Anny Brno, přednostka prof. MUDr. Lenka Špinarová, CSc., FESC ¹; Dům léčby bolesti s hospicem sv. Josefa, Rajhrad u Brna, vedoucí lékař MUDr. Ladislav Kabelka, Ph. D. ²; Česká společnost paliativní medicíny České lékařské společnosti J. E. Purkyně Praha, předseda MUDr. Ladislav Kabelka, Ph. D. ³; Interní kardiologická klinika LF MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice, přednosta prof. MUDr. Jindřich Špinar, CSc., FESC ⁴
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2014; 60(Suppl 2): 86-90
Category: 70th Birthday - prof. MUDr. Jiří Vorlíček, CSc.

Overview

Heart failure is a very common clinical syndrome in cardiology which reduces life expectancy and has a significant impact on the quality of life. The treatment of heart failure improves survival thus the number of patients who reach the terminal state increases with this diagnosis. Major symptoms and psychosocial difficulties begin to appear during therapy which aims to prolong life or cure the life limiting illnesses. The World Health Organization (WHO) changed its definition in 2002 and concluded that palliative care should be provided "in the early stages of disease, together with another treatment that prolongs life." Palliative care involves multiple disciplines in order to solve problems caused by the symptoms of the disease and other related aspects of the patient and family who are considered as a one subject, because a feeling of well-being has an impact on others.

Key words:
heart failure – non-pharmacological treatment – palliative care

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