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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00575-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00575-4</a>
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End-of-life care in a pediatric intensive care unit: The impact of the development of a palliative care unit
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BMC Palliative Care
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2020
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palliative care; pediatric intensive care unit; hospital mortality; withholding treatment; withdrawal
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Bobillo-Perez S; Segura S; Girona-Alarcon M; Felipe A; Balaguer M; Hernandez-Platero L; Sole-Ribalta A; Guitart C; Jordan I; Cambra F J
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Background: The purpose of this paper is to describe how end-of-life care is managed when life-support limitation is decided in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and to analyze the influence of the further development of the Palliative Care Unit. Method(s): A 15-year retrospective study of children who died after life-support limitation was initiated in a pediatric intensive care unit. Patients were divided into two groups, pre- and post-palliative care unit development. Epidemiological and clinical data, the decision-making process, and the approach were analyzed. Data was obtained from patient medical records. Result(s): One hundred seventy-five patients were included. The main reason for admission was respiratory failure (86/175). A previous pathology was present in 152 patients (61/152 were neurological issues). The medical team and family participated together in the decision-making in 145 cases (82.8%). The family made the request in 10 cases (9 vs. 1, p = 0.019). Withdrawal was the main life-support limitation (113/175), followed by withholding life-sustaining treatments (37/175). Withdrawal was more frequent in the post-palliative group (57.4% vs. 74.3%, p = 0.031). In absolute numbers, respiratory support was the main type of support withdrawn. Conclusion(s): The main cause of life-support limitation was the unfavourable evolution of the underlying pathology. Families were involved in the decision-making process in a high percentage of the cases. The development of the Palliative Care Unit changed life-support limitation in our unit, with differences detected in the type of patient and in the strategy used. Increased confidence among intensivists when providing end-of-life care, and the availability of a Palliative Care Unit may contribute to improvements in the quality of end-of-life care. Copyright © 2020 The Author(s).
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00575-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1186/s12904-020-00575-4</a>
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2020
August 2020 List
Balaguer M
BMC Palliative Care
Bobillo-Perez S
Cambra F J
Felipe A
Girona-Alarcon M
Guitart C
Hernandez-Platero L
Hospital Mortality
Jordan I
Palliative Care
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Segura S
Sole-Ribalta A
Withdrawal
Withholding Treatment