Table 2 Frequencies of EPC categories used in multiple diagnoses and non-cancer diseases
From: Defining “early palliative care” for adults diagnosed with a life-limiting illness: a scoping review
Primary Illness | Disease based | Location based | Symptom based | Time based | Treatment based |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COPD | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Dementia | 1 | ||||
End-Stage Liver Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Heart Failure | 2 | 3 | |||
HIV | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Organ transplant patients | 2 | ||||
Trauma patients | 1 | ||||
Multiple/Mixed | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | |
Respiratory | 1 | 2 | |||
Sepsis | 1 | ||||
Stroke | 1 | ||||
Grand Total | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 |