Comment reconnaître un patient en situation palliative ? Une question «surprise» pour ne plus se laisser surprendre. ; How to recognize a patient with palliative needs : a «surprise» question to prevent bad surprises.

editorial reviewed ; Early discussion on palliative care with patients with advanced, progressive or terminal disease is difficult regardless patient's life expectancy. In Belgium, a Royal Decree sets the criteria to identify patients with palliative needs. For that purpose, the Palliative Care Indicators Tool (PICT) is proposed. This 3-step identification tool designed for physicians begins with the so-called surprise question, «Would you be surprised if your patient died in the next 6 to 12 months?». The second and third steps examine the fragility and incurability criteria, respectively. Th... Mehr ...

Verfasser: SERRE, Charles Henri
Barthelemy, Nicole
Dokumenttyp: journal article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: NLM (Medline)
Schlagwörter: Clinical decision / Communication / Intuition / Prognosis / Palliative care / making / Belgium / Physicians / Medicine (all) / Human health sciences / Sciences de la santé humaine
Sprache: Französisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26585241
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/301046

editorial reviewed ; Early discussion on palliative care with patients with advanced, progressive or terminal disease is difficult regardless patient's life expectancy. In Belgium, a Royal Decree sets the criteria to identify patients with palliative needs. For that purpose, the Palliative Care Indicators Tool (PICT) is proposed. This 3-step identification tool designed for physicians begins with the so-called surprise question, «Would you be surprised if your patient died in the next 6 to 12 months?». The second and third steps examine the fragility and incurability criteria, respectively. The surprise question intends to encourage the clinician to trust his/her intuition and to promote a reflection on patient's needs. The PICT facilitates communication between caregivers. Also, it makes possible early thinking about advanced care planning. Hence, it allows patients to receive palliative care in due time. In this paper, after reviewing the background of the surprise question, we shall examine the benefits and limitations of the surprise question. ; Parler de soins palliatifs précocement chez les patients lorsqu’ils se trouvent à un stade avancé ou terminal d’une maladie grave, évolutive, mettant en péril le pronostic vital, quelle que soit son espérance de vie, reste difficile. La loi belge s’est dotée en octobre 2018 d’un arrêté royal proposant le PICT (Palliative Care Indicators Tool). Cette échelle d’identification, conçue en 3 étapes, débute par la question surprise : «Seriez-vous surpris si votre patient venait à décéder dans les 6 à 12 prochains mois??». La deuxième étape et la troisième étape déterminent respectivement les critères de fragilité et d’incurabilité. La question surprise encourage le clinicien à faire confiance à son intuition et valorise une réflexion centrée sur les besoins du patient. L’utilisation de l’outil PICT peut faciliter la communication entre soignants, permettre d’aborder plus tôt la réflexion autour de la planification anticipée des soins et offrira ainsi aux patients des soins ...