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Food - The four letter word in end of life care
Prince Edward Island Palliative Care Conference
June 13 2014
Katherine Murray BSN MA CHPCN(C)
Joshua Shadd MD CCFP Assistant Professor Centre for Studies in Family Medicine
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The blessings of team!
Dr Joshua Shadd Kath Murray
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Food can cause conflict and frustration…
for family, staff…
…and for the dying person
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Outline
• Introduction, the challenge• “Simple truths of nutrition”• The research to support it• Ideas for talking with families
• CACS = Cancer Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome• Though some research refers to cancer, the
mechanism is similar in other progressive illnesses.
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Simple Profound truths of nutrition
• What a patient can eat and drink will become less.
• Eventually both eating and drinking will become zero.
• Stopping eating and drinking is natural to the dying process.
Dr Michael Downing
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• What is nutritionally right at one stage may be very wrong at another.
• Aggressive nutritional therapy in advanced disease often contributes to difficulty in symptom control.
• Food can cause more discomfort than pleasure.
Simple Profound truths of nutritionDr Michael Downing
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Simple Profound truths of nutritionDr Michael Downing
• What one likes is more important than what is ‘right’ or ‘of value’.
• What works is not necessarily what one likes or what is ‘right’.
• The atmosphere around eating is more important that what is ingested.
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Letter…..
• Thank-you so very much….. Since early May 2011 I have been watching my 97 year old mother-in-law slowly starving in a long-term care. When I attempted to ask questions as to why she was not eating, I was treated as if I was asking questions I had no business to ask. I even asked the Director of Care if there was some avenue or some type of Dementia which at some point dictates to the affected person "Thou Shall Not Eat!".
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Continued
• The answer she gave me was "Certainly NOT!" That was in a meeting a week ago yesterday. Since then I have been doing my own research on- line and have discovered that indeed as dementia progresses, the brain forgets the importance of food, can't recognize food, forgets how to chew, forgets how to swallow. Then I read your article and have some further info to help me understand what is going on. What a shame that no one on staff could sit down with us to educate us on how common this is near the end of life in a person with dementia.
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Continued
• My nursing experience was in acute care so how would I have known this element of dementia?................
• I appreciate the Care magazine and always learn something. Thanks. MC - Retired LPN
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TOM
Tom is an 84 year old retired Coast Guard officer. He was admitted to the lodge six months ago with advancing vascular dementia. His wife Phyllis visits daily. She arrives mid morning, participates in activities with him, and helps him with his lunch. They have one child – a daughter, Marianne.
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TOMFor the past month Tom has been less interested in activities, and has not been eating well. He seems more tired, has lost weight, and has a persistent cough.Phyllis tries encourages him to eat, and is disappointed when he does not eat. She is worried that when she is not there, that staff do not encourage him to eat as well as she can. Marianne the daughter is worried that he is loosing weight.
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TOM
“Dad will never complain, but I’m really worried about his appetite. Every day Mom brings him something to eat, and helps him with his lunch. When she is not here, he does not eat well. He is loosing weight. He was never a big man, but now he’s getting skinnier by the day! Isn’t there something we can do about this?”
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Anorexia
Anorexia is the loss of appetite, the decreased
interest in food and eating.
(Today’s discussion is concerning anorexia at
end of life only!)
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Cachexia
• Involuntary weight loss (>5% from
baseline) with loss of muscle > fat.
• Common in advanced cancer and some
other severe, progressive illnesses
(e.g. COPD, CHF, AIDS)
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Decreased Intake – Why?
• Uncontrolled symptoms (pain, dyspnea, nausea)• Fatigue• Dry and/or sore mouth• Difficulty/pain with swallowing• Aversion to food odors/tastes• S/E of meds - N/V, Constipation • Psychological factors: depression, anxiety, stress• Cognitive impairment• Cancer Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome (CACS)
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Why won’t he eat?
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It really IS all about cytokines….
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CAUSES OF CACS
Deconditioning
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Nutrient IntakeSystemic Inflammation
Systemic Inflammation & Appetite
• Neural and hormonal signaling between the brain and GI tract controlling appetite and gastrointestinal function
↓• IL-1
• IL-6
• TNF-
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Why won’t he eat?Translation…
• Systemic inflammation causes a variety of different
problems which tend to reduce people’s food intake.
• The body’s reaction to the presence of tumor can directly
reduce one’s appetite,
• Dementia, and disease progression, (or cancer and cancer
treatments) also have many other effects that indirectly
impact food intake as well
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“Why is he losing weight?”
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Nutrient Intake
Nutrient ExpenditureMetabolic rate
and processes
Systemic Inflammation
Tumor-produced factors
Appetite & gastrointestinal motility
• cortisol • muscle glucose uptake• acute phase protein synthesis• muscle protein synthesis• proteolysis• peripheral lipolysis
↑
↓
Weight Balance = Intake – Expenditure
• Inefficient energy use• Increased breakdown
of protein & fat • Decreased making of
protein
• Proteolysis inducing factor
• Lipid mobilizing factor
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Then why is he losing weight?Translation…
• Inflammation produces changes which accelerate
muscle breakdown, and impair muscle rebuilding.
• This becomes a vicious cycle (less muscle less
muscle-building hormone less muscle)
• On top of that, muscle does not use its energy
resources efficiently
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“Are anorexia and cachexia always linked?
Does one cause the other?”
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GI Symptom Correlates of Cancer Anorexia
Yavuzsen, Supp Care Cancer, 2009
NauseaConstipation
VomitingBelching
Abdominal painSmell changes
BloatingFood aversions
IndigestionHiccups
Abn. diurnal variationsTaste changes
Weight lossEarly satiety
Are anorexia and cachexia linked?
79%
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Are anorexia and cachexia always linked? Does one cause the other?
Translation…
• They usually occur together.
• They are really part of the same process.
• Decreased intake and increase spending of
energy.
• However, one is not necessarily directly
related to the other.
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“Is he starving?”
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The Physiology of CACS vs. Nutritional Deficiency
Starvation Cancer ACS
Metabolic efficiency
“Get more km per liter”
“Get less km per liter”
Muscle breakdown
Fat breakdown
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So is he starving?Translation…
• Cachexia is different than starvation.
• In starvation, the body seeks to conserve
energy and nutrients. In cachexia, the
body spends them even faster than usual.
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“WOULD “ENSURE” OR A FEEDING TUBE OR AN IV WITH FOOD IN IT HELP?”
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Supplemental Nutrition Doesn’t Help
Among patients undergoing non-surgical cancer treatments:
• Parenteral nutrition - net harm • Voluntary supplements - no effect on mortality
Does supplemental nutrition affect clinical outcome? A Systematic ReviewKoretz, Am J Gastroenterology, 2007
“In summary, … little evidence was found for benefits ….in terminally ill cancer patients…”
Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Review Dy, Am J Hospice Palliative Med, 2006
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“Would “Ensure, ”feeding tube or IV with food help?” Translation…
• Unfortunately, not much.
• Supplemental artificial nutrition (e.g. feeding tube) causes at least as much harm as good.
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Does she need artificial hydration?
Parenteral Hydration in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A
Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial
Hydration at 1 L per day did not improve symptoms, quality of life, or survival compared with placebo.
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Article Reference:
“Parenteral Hydration in Patients With Advanced
Cancer: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-
Controlled Randomized Trial.”
Eduardo Bruera et al. JCO Jan 1, 2013:111-118;
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“WOULD MEDICATION HELP HIM GAIN WEIGHT?”
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Pharmacotherapy for CACS
Agent Appetite Lean Body Mass
Notes
Megestrol acetate
• strongest evidence
Steroids • benefit appears to be short-term (weeks)
Cannabinoids • not well tolerated by many patients
NSAIDs ?
• mixed results in clinical trials
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“Would medication help him gain weight?” Translation…
• Cachexia is caused by a combination of many things therefore no single treatment will fix all the causes.
• Combining multiple medications may help, but we don’t know what would be most safe and effective.
• Megestrol and a steroid may increase his appetite and energy for the short term, but won’t increase his muscles or strength.
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“DOES THIS MEAN THAT HE WILL DIE SOONER?”
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“Does this mean that he will die sooner?”
• People who have anorexia or cachexia or both have
poorer survival than those who have neither. • Lasheen, Supp Care Cancer, 2010
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“Does this mean that he will die sooner?” Translation…
• Both anorexia and cachexia are bad news.
• Whether he has one or both symptoms makes little
difference. The survival appears to be about the same.
• If he had a good appetite and no weight loss, then he
might live a few months longer…. it is less about what
we do, and more about what is happening in the body.
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“Is he dying because he’s not eating?”
Anorexia Cachexia is a poor prognostic factor, and may contribute to the mechanism of death, but is not a cause of death.
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“Is he dying because he’s not eating?”Translation…
No, he is not eating
because he is dying.
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Putting this in context…. Nourishment across the life span
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Setting the stage
“Appropriate nourishment across the life span”
Let’s play: “Eating at the family reunion….”
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LET’S MIX THE FOOD UP…. AND GIVE PEOPLE FOOD THAT THEY DO NOT NORMALLY EAT OR LIKE TO EAT…. WHAT HAPPENS?
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Can we feed you this fruit and custard?
Why?
What is the problem?
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How do you like this food?
How about if we gave it to you at every meal?
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How does this food look for you? Would you like it for dinner?Would you eat it if we really really really wanted you to? How would you feel after?
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Hey kids, how about some “Ensure” and mouth care to keep those teeth all shiny?
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We have some good food for you!How will you be feeling in a few hours?This is our experience of hunger!
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“Come on Mom, just a little more…”
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“Come on dad, just take a sip!”
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Conclusion
• Our need for nourishment changes
throughout our life
• It also changes when we are sick…• …..How might this exercise help you to discuss this topic
with family members?
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Other ways of “languaging” this?
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Dr Bruera’s analogy
“Tell your patient that her stomach
is on strike!”
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Don’t fire the caregiver!Change the job description!
Other ways to nurture, to be with, to witness
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Basket of comfort measures
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Dialogue and discussion
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Simple Profound truths of nutrition(Dr Michael Downing)
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Food for Thought
• What a patient can eat and drink now will become less.
• Eventually both eating and drinking will become zero. Stopping eating and drinking is natural to the dying process.
• What is nutritionally right at one stage may be very wrong at another.
• Aggressive nutritional therapy in advanced disease often contributes to difficulty in symptom control.
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Food for Thought continued…
• Food can cause more discomfort than pleasure
• What one likes is more important than what is
“right” or “of value”.
• What “works” is not necessarily what one
“likes” or what is “right”.
• The atmosphere around eating is more
important than what is ingested.
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Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MSc
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Kath MurrayLife and Death [email protected]://lifeanddeathmatters.ca
Contact Information
Dr Joshua ShaddAssistant ProfessorCentre for Studies in Family MedicineUWO Department of Family [email protected]