• Br J Nurs · Mar 2011

    Review

    Developing criteria to assist in the palliative phase of COPD.

    • Jacqui Trueman and Ian Trueman.
    • Lincolnshire Community Health Services, School of Nursing, University of Nottingham, Lincoln.
    • Br J Nurs. 2011 Mar 24; 20 (6): 364-5, 367-9.

    AbstractFor people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hospital admission can be associated with a poor prognosis. Consequently, the end-stage of the illness needs to be recognized for timely palliative care to be initiated. Tools to enhance the palliative phase, such as the Gold Standards Framework and the Liverpool Care Pathway, rely on the recognition of the final phase of a person's life. The illness trajectory of cancer makes this recognition far easier than for COPD, and as a result, many patients and their families manage at home with limited support. The Lincolnshire Respiratory Network has developed criteria to help recognize the end stage of COPD, which correlate well with recommendations from the Consultation on a Strategy for Services for COPD in England (Department of Health, 2010). However, there needs to be appropriate training to assist practitioners in their confidence to refer patients with end-stage COPD to palliative care providers.

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