Open AccessWhen a Child Dies in the PICU Despite Ongoing Life Support
Author(s) -
Mithya LewisNewby,
Jonna D. Clark,
Warwick Butt,
Karen Dryden-Palmer,
Christopher S. Parshuram,
Robert D. Truog
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.299
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1947-3893
pISSN - 1529-7535
DOI - 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001611
Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary approach , end of life care , flexibility (engineering) , psychological intervention , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , palliative care , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology
To examine the circumstance of death in the PICU in the setting of ongoing curative or life-prolonging goals.