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Objectives: About 16,000 infants die in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) each year with many experiencing invasive medical treatments and high number of symptoms.1 To inform better management, we characterized diagnoses, symptoms, and patterns…

Abstract Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends palliative care for children at the diagnosis of serious illness. Yet few children who die receive specialty palliative care consultation, and when it is provided, palliative care…

OBJECTIVE: Meaning-making may assist individuals in adaptation to stressful life events, particularly bereavement. However, few studies have examined meaning-making among pediatric populations with advanced illness to understand how this process…

BACKGROUND: Although multiple national organizations have created consensus guidelines and metrics for pediatric palliative care (PPC), standardized implementation and measurement has been challenging. In 2016, 6 PPC physician-experts in program…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) is integral to the care of children living with serious illnesses. Despite the growth in the number of established palliative care programs over the past decade, little is known about the…

Introduction: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) seeks longitudinal relationships with patients facing life-threatening conditions. The majority of pediatric deaths occur within the first year of life, especially neonatal intensive care unit (NICU);…

Background Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in the US, leading to increased government oversight in opioid prescribing. The issue becomes more complicated when minor children are involved. One pediatric palliative care team found that of 62…

OBJECTIVE: To describe our institutional experience with a four-week pediatric HPM elective rotation and its impact on residents' self-rated competencies. BACKGROUND: In the spirit of bolstering primary hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) skills of…

Objectives
Propose pediatric program design or expansion
based on newly acquired skills of defining a
desirable and functional scope that aligns with
health system’s missions and values and identifies
areas of potential growth and…

OBJECTIVES:
To test the ability of palliative care screening criteria to improve access to palliative care services in the PICU and examine the association between palliative care team involvement and ICU and hospital length of…
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