• Curr. Opin. Pediatr. · Jun 2013

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    End-of-life care in the pediatric ICU.

    • Lee A Polikoff and Megan E McCabe.
    • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8064, USA.
    • Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 2013 Jun 1;25(3):285-9.

    Purpose Of ReviewPediatric ICUs frequently provide end-of-life (EOL) care to children. Our understanding of how EOL care is delivered to children and what constitutes effective care for dying children and their families in the ICU setting continues to evolve. This review identifies recent work describing events related to the death of a child in the ICU as well as interventional efforts to improve family and provider support.Recent FindingsPediatric ICUs (PICUs) often provide EOL care to children who die in the developed world. Areas of active investigation include identifying effective communication techniques, meeting the needs of patients and parents, and providing support to care providers.SummaryPICU practitioners are developing flexible and novel approaches to pediatric EOL care in the ICU setting.

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