Does Pediatric Palliative Care Involvement Influence Location of Death?

Authors

Joy Solano, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Meghna Singh, Children's Mercy Hospital
Ashley K. Sherman, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jennifer Linebarger, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

5-2019

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Abstract

This study describes the influence of a palliative care team on location of death and location of death discussions with patients/caregivers, and determines whether location of death discussions influence location of death.

With palliative care or a location of death discussion, patients were less likely to die in the PICU and more likely to die at home. Location of death discussions were more likely to occur if a palliative care team was involved.

MeSH Keywords

Palliative Care; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Hospice Care; Child; Infant; Adolescent; Death

Keywords

Dying at home; Dying in the hospital; Children

Disciplines

Palliative Care | Pediatrics

Notes

Presented at the Children's Mercy Kansas City Research Days, May 2019.

Recommended Citation

Solano, Joy; Singh, Meghna; Sherman, Ashley K.; and Linebarger, Jennifer, "Does Pediatric Palliative Care Involvement Influence Location of Death?" (2019). Posters. 101.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/101