Background Decision-making in initiating life-sustaining health technology is complex and
often conducted at time-critical junctures in clinical care. Many of these decisions have …

Context Increasingly, chronically critically ill (CCI) infants survive to discharge from Neonatal
Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Little is known about their care intensity and the primary and …

Background Music therapy as a nonpharmacological means of managing patient pain,
anxiety, and discomfort is a recognised technique, although it is not widely used in the …

Background: The role of music in the NICU continues to evolve, with recent studies
documenting the positive impact of music therapy for hospitalized infants and families. With …

Neonatal palliative care aims to provide multidisciplinary support to families and neonates
suffering from life-threatening or life-limiting diseases. Many countries worldwide have …

Advances in medical care have allowed many children with complex chronic conditions to
live long lives. Pediatric palliative care is an approach to care that seeks to improve the …

The entire family, including healthy siblings, is affected by the hospitalization of a critically ill
child in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), yet there is a gap in the current literature …

Los cuidados paliativos pediátricos pretenden mejorar la atención y la calidad de vida de
los niños en situación terminal o con una enfermedad de pronóstico letal. En el contexto …

Pediatric palliative care aims at improving the care and quality of life of children who are
terminally ill or have a fatal prognosis. In the hospital setting, end-of-life decisions and …