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Goals of Surgical Interventions in Youths Receiving Palliative Care

Importance: Most youths receiving palliative care undergo many surgical interventions over their lifetimes. The intended purposes of interventions in the context of goals of care are not commonly articulated. Objective: To describe the goals and…

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Organ donation after euthanasia in children: Belgian and Dutch perspectives

Organ donation after euthanasia has been performed more than 70 times in Belgium and the Netherlands combined (personal communication, Jan Bollen, 2018). These two countries allow for euthanasia in minors as well, while Luxembourg, Colombia and…

Pediatric palliative care and surgery

Care for pediatric patients with serious or potentially life-limiting illness involves the interplay of multiple medical and surgical teams within the hospital. Pediatric surgeons are capable of performing procedures that can improve the quality of…

Tags: 2021, Annals Of Palliative Medicine, Chronic Illness, Lautz TB, Ott KC, Pediatric Palliative Care, pediatric surgery, September 2021 List, surgical palliative care, Vente TM, Waldman ED

Palliative care for pediatric intensive care patients and families

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Children with medical or surgical critical illness or injury require skillful attention to physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs, whereas their families need support and guidance in facing life-threatening or…

Tags: 2020, Current Opinion In Pediatrics, Derrington S F, End-of-life Care, July 2020 List, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Palliative Care, pediatric surgery, Picu, Rothschild C B

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Goals of Surgical Interventions in Youths Receiving Palliative Care

Organ donation after euthanasia in children: Belgian and Dutch perspectives

Pediatric palliative care and surgery

Palliative care for pediatric intensive care patients and families