Chronic kidney disease and role of palliative care

Abstract

Patients with end-stage kidney disease can have complex comorbidities. Nephrologist chooses dialysis over conservative management. But, thinking about quality of life for a patient, collaboration of palliative care with nephrology is the need of hour. Palliative care can provide support with symptom management, advance care planning. Optimal care may be provided to the patients if palliative care is integrated with nephrology. Change in provision of services, simultaneously balancing the need for dialysis and palliative care needs to be taken into account.