Ethical Issues and the Role of Palliative Care for Patients with Aspiration Pneumonia

Amanda Rosen; Bradley Hayward

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1792110

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 45(06): 717-722
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1792110

Review Article

Ethical Issues and the Role of Palliative Care for Patients with Aspiration Pneumonia

Authors

Amanda Rosen

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Bradley Hayward

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

Abstract

Aspiration pneumonia is a clinical entity with important ethical considerations. It is imperative for clinicians to understand these considerations to best provide counsel to patients and their families, allowing them to make fully informed decisions. Given that aspiration pneumonia is frequently associated with end of life, there are palliative medicine principles that may help in the treatment of this disease.

Keywords

palliative - aspiration pneumonia - ethics

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