Palliative extubation: a five-year experience in a pediatric hospital.

CONCLUSIONS: It was not possible to identify predictors of in-hospital death after ventilatory support withdrawal. Palliative extubation requires specialized care, with the presence and availability of a multidisciplinary team with adequate training in symptom control and palliative care.
PMID: 31493370 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Jornal de Pediatria - September 3, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: de Araújo Affonseca C, de Carvalho LFA, de Pinho Barroso Quinet R, da Cunha Guimarães MC, Cury VF, Rotta AT Tags: J Pediatr (Rio J) Source Type: research