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Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

ISSN: 2161-105X

Open Access

Faisal Ameer

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Central Adelaide Local Health Network, South Australia
Australia

Publications
  • Case Report
    Barriers to the Provision of Optimal Palliative Care in a Patient Awaiting Lung Transplantation
    Author(s): Faisal Ameer and GregoryB CrawfordFaisal Ameer and GregoryB Crawford

    Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fatal form of diffuse interstitial lung disease, which is associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Lung transplantation has become one of the treatments of choice for patients with advanced IPF and has shown a 75% reduction in risk of death compared with patients who remained on the waiting list. Patients undergoing lung transplantation are required to participate in preoperative and postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation. This case report describes palliative and end of life care in a patient with end stage pulmonary fibrosis listed for lung transplantation and discusses the transition from curative restorative care and palliative care to end of life care. The goals of care of patients waiting.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000151

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