MeSH: Cohort Studies
Evaluating Palliative Opportunities Across the Age Spectrum in Children and Adolescent Patients with Cancer
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Purpose: Adolescent patients with cancer experience unique stressors due to their developmental stage, with increased physical, emotional, and social distress. Palliative care (PC) serves an important role in pediatric cancer care. We examined “palliative opportunities,” or events during a patient’s cancer course where subspecialty PC would be warranted and compared opportunities between adolescents and younger…
Impact of Palliative Care Involvement on End-of-Life Care Patterns Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study
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PURPOSEEvidence suggests that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer (defined as age 15-39 years) receive high-intensity (HI) medical care at the end-of-life (EOL). Previous population-level studies are limited and lack information on the impact of palliative care (PC) provision. We evaluated prevalence and predictors of HI-EOL care in AYAs with cancer in Ontario, Canada.…
Customised pediatric palliative care: Integrating oncological and palliative care priorities
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Aim: To describe the experience involving the early introduction of palliative care (PC) in oncological patients treated within the paediatric oncology unit of the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan and compare this cohort with a cohort of patients resident in the same area treated before the introduction of early palliative care. Method(s): A virtual team…
End of Life Outside of “Business Hours”: A Retrospective Review Evaluating Time of Death and Provider Time at End of Life
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Introduction: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) benefits patients and families, while potentially creating emotional and resource-management burdens for providers. This study’s purpose was to characterize the occurrence of deaths attended by PPC providers outside of “business hours.” Methods: N = 786 PPC patients at a single center died between 2008 and 2015. Descriptive statistics were prepared for all…