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Abstract Context: Children with heart disease are at risk for early mortality and parents often perceive suffering at end-of-life (EOL). Involvement of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is a proposed quality measure at the EOL in children with cancer,…

Objectives: Pediatric patients with advanced heart disease (AHD) often receive high intensity medical care at the end of life (EOL). In this study, we aimed to determine whether receipt and timing of pediatric palliative care (PPC) consultation was…

Background: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) consultation is infrequent among children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Objective(s): Investigate intensive care unit (ICU) team members' perceptions of automatic PPC consultation for…

OBJECTIVE:: To describe parents' experience of organ donation decision making in the case of donation after circulatory determination of death. DESIGN:: Qualitative exploratory analysis. SETTING:: Participants were recruited from the ICU of a single…
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