Prevalence of specialised palliative care consultation for eligible children within a paediatric cardiac ICU.
Claudia Delgado-CorcoranErin E BennettStephanie A BodilySarah E WawrzynskiDanielle GreenDominic MooreLawrence J CookLenora M OlsonPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
Less than a quarter of eligible children received a consultation. The consultation usually occurred in the context of medical complexity, high risk of mortality, and at an older age, suggesting potential opportunities for more and earlier paediatric palliative care involvement in the cardiac ICU. Screening criteria to identify patients for a consultation may increase the use of palliative care services in the cardiac ICU.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- intensive care unit
- advanced cancer
- left ventricular
- mechanical ventilation
- healthcare
- young adults
- end stage renal disease
- emergency department
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- atrial fibrillation
- human health