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Problem: Pediatric specialty services are often geographically concentrated in urban areas, leaving up to 1 in 5 rural-dwelling children in the United States without access to advanced care. The purpose of this review was to identify and review…
AIM: To identify and describe assessment tools used to measure the impact of comorbidities on postoperative outcomes in children with complex chronic conditions (CCC). METHOD: This was a scoping review using five electronic databases. The search was…
INTRODUCTION: The number of patients with complex chronic conditions (CCC) has increased in the last 20 years or so. There is limited data as regards the prevalence of CCC in the paediatric population and its impact on hospital admissions. The main…
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…
