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Current Grief Support in Pediatric Palliative Care

Grief support changes as more is learned from current grief theory and research. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of current grief support as it relates to Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC). The following aspects of grief are addressed: (1)…

Tags: 2021, Bereavement, Children, Chipriano C, Crawford C, Death, Eppelheimer H, Grief, Hill M, Hospice, Hospital, June 2021 List, Kentor R, Palliative, Pediatric, programing, Schuelke T, Shukraft A, Springmeyer K, Support, THANATOLOGY

Clinical spectrum of children receiving palliative care in Malaysian Hospitals

Introduction: Awareness for paediatric palliative care has resulted in the impetus for paediatrician-led palliative care services across Malaysia. However, there is paucity of local data on patients receiving hospital-based paediatric palliative…

Clinical practice guideline for emergency department ketamine dissociative sedation in children

We present an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the administration of the dissociative agent ketamine for emergency department pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia. Substantial research in recent years has necessitated updates and…

Tags: 2004, Age Factors, Anesthetics, Annals Of Emergency Medicine, Backlog, Child, Dissociative/administration & dosage/contraindications, Emergency Medicine/methods, Emergency Service, Green SM, Hospital, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Ketamine/administration & dosage/contraindications, Krauss B, Pediatrics/methods, Preschool

Children And Young Person Advanced Care Plans In District General Hospitals-who Gets Them?

Aims An audit of children and young person's advanced care plans (ACPs) in two district general hospitals (centres A and B) against NICE guidance [1]. Methods Centre A: consultants were emailed to identify the population with ACPs. Centre B: two…

Certainty and mortality prediction in critically ill children.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between a physician's subjective mortality prediction and the level of confidence with which that mortality prediction is made. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The study is a…

Bereavement support for families following the death of a child from cancer: experience of bereaved parents

This study explored the experiences and needs of nine parents who had received hospital-based bereavement support following the death of their child from cancer, in Western Australia. Six prominent themes emerged from thematic data analysis: personal…

Adverse childhood experiences and lifetime suicide ideation: a cross-sectional study in a non-psychiatric hospital setting

We have assessed the effect of adverse childhood experiences on the lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation in a cross-sectional study involving 182 patients aged 18 to 44 years, consecutive attenders at an A&E review clinic. All participants were…

Advance directives in a pediatric emergency department.

Parents of children with terminal illnesses are not always present when a life-threatening event occurs. For many of these children, an advance directive specifying alternate code orders has been written by the parent or legal guardian (hereafter the…

Access to paediatric palliative care in children and adolescents with complex chronic conditions: A retrospective hospital-based study in Brussels, Belgium

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…

Tags: 2019, Adolescent, Article, Aujoulat I, Belgium, BMJ Paediatrics Open, Bouckenaere D, Brichard B, Cardiovascular Disease, Child, Chronic Disease, complex chronic condition, congenital disorder, Data Base, De Clercq E, December 2019 List, Female, Fonteyne C, Friedel M, gastrointestinal disease, Genetic Disorder, Gilson A, groups by age, Guillet A, Health Care Access, hematologic disease, Hospital, Hospital Admission, hospitalized adolescent, Hospitalized Child, Human, Icd-9, immune deficiency, Infant, Lahaye M, Length Of Stay, Mahboub A, Major Clinical Study, Male, Malignant Neoplasm, Metabolic Disorder, Morbidity, Neurologic Disease, Newborn, Palliative Therapy, Patient Care, Patient Referral, pediatric patient, pediatric ward, Priority Journal, Respiratory Tract Disease, Retrospective Study, urinary tract disease, Wojcik T

A qualitative study of health care professionals’ views and experiences of paediatric advance care planning

Background Good end-of-life care planning is vital to ensure optimal care is provided for patients and their families. Two key factors are open and honest advance care planning conversations between the patient (where possible), family, and health…

A Prospective Study On The Characteristics And Subjects Of Pediatric Palliative Care Case Management Provided By A Hospital Based Palliative Care Team

Background: Case management is a subject of interest within pediatric palliative care. Detailed descriptions of the content of this type of case management are lacking. We aim to describe the contents of care provided, utilization of different…

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