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View article: Inpatient Symptom Prevalence, Severity, and Improvement in Children Referred for Pediatric Palliative Care Consultation: Findings from a Multisite Quality Improvement Registry
Inpatient Symptom Prevalence, Severity, and Improvement in Children Referred for Pediatric Palliative Care Consultation: Findings from a Multisite Quality Improvement Registry Open
In this dataset, moderate to severe symptoms often improved over the course of inpatient encounters. Moderate to severe fatigue, feeding issues, and dyspnea were associated with in-hospital death, suggesting a need to screen routinely for …
View article: Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Hospitalized Children at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Survey
Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Hospitalized Children at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Survey Open
(1) Background: Acute pain in hospitalized children remains under-recognized and under-treated. Our objective is to benchmark pain assessment, documentation, treatment, and patient experience in children admitted to a US children’s hospita…
View article: Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care-Pediatrics: Curriculum Use and Dissemination
Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care-Pediatrics: Curriculum Use and Dissemination Open
EPEC-Pediatrics is a successful curriculum and dissemination project that improves participants' self-reported teaching skills and AKS's in many PPC core domains. Participating clinicians not only taught and disseminated the curriculum con…
View article: A descriptive analysis of pediatric post-tonsillectomy pain and recovery outcomes over a 10-day recovery period from 2 randomized, controlled trials
A descriptive analysis of pediatric post-tonsillectomy pain and recovery outcomes over a 10-day recovery period from 2 randomized, controlled trials Open
Pediatric tonsillectomy involves an often painful and lengthy recovery period, yet the extended recovery process is largely unknown. This article describes postoperative recovery outcomes for 121 children aged 4 to 15 (mean 6.6 years, SD =…
View article: <p>Pain Management In Pediatric Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Current Insights</p>
Pain Management In Pediatric Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Current Insights Open
Pediatric patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) often present with co-occurring struggles with chronic pain (POTS+pain) that may limit daily activities. POTS is a clinical syndrome characterized by orthostatic symp…
View article: A hospital-wide initiative to eliminate or reduce needle pain in children using lean methodology
A hospital-wide initiative to eliminate or reduce needle pain in children using lean methodology Open
Introduction: Pain remains common, underrecognized, and undertreated in children's hospitals and pediatric clinics. Over 200,000 patients experience needle pain annually in our institution, caused by blood draws, intravenous access, vaccin…
View article: Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care Team Involvement in Compassionate Extubation at Home: From Shared Decision-Making to Bereavement
Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care Team Involvement in Compassionate Extubation at Home: From Shared Decision-Making to Bereavement Open
Little is known about the role of pediatric palliative care (PPC) programs in providing support for home compassionate extubation (HCE) when families choose to spend their child’s end of life at home. Two cases are presented that highlight…
View article: Pain reporting and analgesia management in 270 children with a progressive neurologic, metabolic or chromosomally based condition with impairment of the central nervous system: cross-sectional, baseline results from an observational, longitudinal study
Pain reporting and analgesia management in 270 children with a progressive neurologic, metabolic or chromosomally based condition with impairment of the central nervous system: cross-sectional, baseline results from an observational, longitudinal study Open
Little is known about the prevalence, characterization and treatment of pain in children with progressive neurologic, metabolic or chromosomal conditions with impairment of the central nervous system. The primary aims of this study were to…