BACKGROUND: Paediatric complex chronic conditions (CCCs) are life-limiting conditions requiring paediatric palliative care, which, in Belgium, is provided through paediatric liaison teams (PLTs). Like the number of children and adolescents with these…
Purpose: Children with severe neurological disabilities are at an increased risk of acute, life-threatening events. We assessed physicians' attitudes when making decisions in these situations.
Now let us consider another family, whose third child was bom with dysplastic lungs. A tracheostomy tube and feed- ing tube are in place. Suction and oxygen are required during tunes of pulmonary infection. One of the parents is taught to do…