End-of-life practices in seven Brazilian pediatric intensive care units.

Patricia Miranda do Lago,Jefferson Pedro Piva,Pedro Celiny Ramos Garcia,Eduardo Juan Troster,Albert Bousso,Maria Olivia Sarno,Lara de Araújo Torreão,Roberto Sapolnik

End-of-life practices in seven Brazilian pediatric intensive care units.

2008

Patricia Miranda do Lago
Jefferson Pedro Piva
Pedro Celiny Ramos Garcia
Eduardo Juan Troster
Albert Bousso
Maria Olivia Sarno
Lara de Araújo Torreão
Roberto Sapolnik

Objective:To evaluate the incidence of life support limitation and medical practices in the last 48 hrs of life of children in seven Brazilian pediatric intensive care units (PICUs).Design:Cross-sectional multicenter retrospective study based on medical chart review.Setting:Seven PICUs belonging to

Keywords:

Intensive care medicine
Life support
Retrospective cohort study
Critical care nursing
Medical record
Pediatric intensive care unit
Medicine
intensive care

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