"More life and more days"-patient and care characteristics in a specialized acute pediatric palliative care inpatient unit.
Sophie StoessleinJulia D GrammHans-Ulrich BenderPetra MüllerDorothee RabenhorstGian Domenico BorasioMonika FührerPublished in: European journal of pediatrics (2023)
• Patients on a specialized PPC hospital unit show a high symptom burden and a high level of medical complexity, including dependency on medical technology and frequent full resuscitation code. • The PPC unit is mainly a place for pain and symptom management as well as crisis intervention, and needs to be able to offer treatment at the intermediate care level.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- healthcare
- advanced cancer
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- patient reported
- cardiac arrest
- chronic pain
- ejection fraction
- pain management
- liver failure
- prognostic factors
- case report
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- neuropathic pain
- acute care
- drug induced
- spinal cord injury
- aortic dissection
- electronic health record
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- septic shock
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation