Speaking a Different Language: A Qualitative Analysis Comparing Language of Palliative Care and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Physicians

Speaking a Different Language: A Qualitative Analysis Comparing Language of Palliative Care and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Physicians

Ciriello AG; Dizon Zoelle B; October Tessie W

American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine

2017

Child; Communication; Critical Care; Female; Human; Inpatients; Intensive Care Units; Language; Male; Palliative Care; Pediatric; Physicians; Support; Preschool; Retrospective Design; Descriptive Statistics; In Infancy and Childhood; Audiorecording; child; human; female; male; Content Analysis; Field Notes; Fisher's Exact Test; Funding Source; Kappa Statistic; Mann-Whitney U Test; Patient-Family Conferences; Record Review; Psychosocial

Background: Family conferences in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) often include palliative care (PC) providers. We do not know how ICU communication differs when the PC team is present. Aim: To compare language used by PC team and ICU physicians during family conferences. Design: A retrospective cohort review of ICU family conferences with and without the PC team. Setting: Forty-four bed pediatric ICU in a tertiary medical center. Participants: Nine ICU physicians and 4 PC providers who participated in 18 audio-recorded family conferences.

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