Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, often debilitating skin condition that disproportionately impacts women in the United States and other Western nations. Dermatologists should consider incorporating palliative care principles into HS management to optimize care. Primary palliative care pri...

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Main Authors: Terri Shih, BS, Monica Zell, MD, Daniel Karlin, MD, Devea R. De, BS, Jan Smogorzewski, MD, Vivian Y. Shi, MD, Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-12-01
Series:International Journal of Women's Dermatology
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/JW9.0000000000000063
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author Terri Shih, BS
Monica Zell, MD
Daniel Karlin, MD
Devea R. De, BS
Jan Smogorzewski, MD
Vivian Y. Shi, MD
Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD
author_facet Terri Shih, BS
Monica Zell, MD
Daniel Karlin, MD
Devea R. De, BS
Jan Smogorzewski, MD
Vivian Y. Shi, MD
Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD
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description Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, often debilitating skin condition that disproportionately impacts women in the United States and other Western nations. Dermatologists should consider incorporating palliative care principles into HS management to optimize care. Primary palliative care principles include utilizing evidence-based frameworks in serious illness communication, acknowledging and addressing physical and psychosocial suffering, recognizing and validating the burden of disease in partners, families, and caregivers, and engaging in collaborative care coordination. Certain patients may also benefit from outpatient, or sometimes inpatient, palliative care specialist collaboration, such as those with refractory HS and superimposed challenging psychosocial dynamics and symptom burden. Through integration of these palliative care domains into HS care, dermatologists can optimize their ability to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for patients suffering with this disease.
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spelling doaj.art-3ab67ee4d15e4ff59ad80627709791fe2023-01-20T02:41:36ZengWolters KluwerInternational Journal of Women's Dermatology2352-64752022-12-0184e06310.1097/JW9.0000000000000063202212000-00008Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa managementTerri Shih, BS0Monica Zell, MD1Daniel Karlin, MD2Devea R. De, BS3Jan Smogorzewski, MD4Vivian Y. Shi, MD5Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD6a David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Californiab Palliative Care Program, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Californiab Palliative Care Program, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Californiac University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New Yorkd Department of Dermatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Californiae Department of Dermatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansasf Department of Dermatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, often debilitating skin condition that disproportionately impacts women in the United States and other Western nations. Dermatologists should consider incorporating palliative care principles into HS management to optimize care. Primary palliative care principles include utilizing evidence-based frameworks in serious illness communication, acknowledging and addressing physical and psychosocial suffering, recognizing and validating the burden of disease in partners, families, and caregivers, and engaging in collaborative care coordination. Certain patients may also benefit from outpatient, or sometimes inpatient, palliative care specialist collaboration, such as those with refractory HS and superimposed challenging psychosocial dynamics and symptom burden. Through integration of these palliative care domains into HS care, dermatologists can optimize their ability to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for patients suffering with this disease.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/JW9.0000000000000063
spellingShingle Terri Shih, BS
Monica Zell, MD
Daniel Karlin, MD
Devea R. De, BS
Jan Smogorzewski, MD
Vivian Y. Shi, MD
Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD
Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
International Journal of Women's Dermatology
title Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
title_full Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
title_fullStr Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
title_full_unstemmed Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
title_short Integrating primary palliative care into hidradenitis suppurativa management
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