TY - JOUR
T1 - Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Children in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units
AU - Kolmar, Amanda
AU - Hueckel, Rémi M.
AU - Kamal, Arif
AU - Dickerman, Mindy
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Over the past several years, pediatric critical care units increasingly count on the expert advisement of palliative care specialists. Given the limited availability of pediatric palliative care specialists, all palliative care clinicians may be required to care for pediatric patients and their families. Special considerations in caring for these patients include the relative importance of prognosis, involvement of child life, music and pet therapy, incorporation of parents in end-of-life rituals, care for siblings, use of medical technology, and prolonged duration of stay. The following top 10 tips provide recommendations for caring for seriously ill infants, children, adolescents, and the families of these critically ill pediatric patients. They are written by pediatric intensive care providers to address common issues around palliative care in intensive care units.
AB - Over the past several years, pediatric critical care units increasingly count on the expert advisement of palliative care specialists. Given the limited availability of pediatric palliative care specialists, all palliative care clinicians may be required to care for pediatric patients and their families. Special considerations in caring for these patients include the relative importance of prognosis, involvement of child life, music and pet therapy, incorporation of parents in end-of-life rituals, care for siblings, use of medical technology, and prolonged duration of stay. The following top 10 tips provide recommendations for caring for seriously ill infants, children, adolescents, and the families of these critically ill pediatric patients. They are written by pediatric intensive care providers to address common issues around palliative care in intensive care units.
KW - alternative therapies
KW - neonatology
KW - pediatric chronic conditions
KW - pediatric communication issues
KW - pediatric pain control
KW - pediatric palliative care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071975456&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2019.0378
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2019.0378
M3 - Article
C2 - 31498731
AN - SCOPUS:85071975456
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 22
SP - 1149
EP - 1153
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 9
ER -