Goals of Surgical Interventions in Youths Receiving Palliative Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most youths receiving palliative care undergo many surgical interventions over their lifetimes. The intended purposes of interventions in the context of goals of care are not commonly articulated.

Objective

To describe the goals and purposes of surgical intervention in youths receiving palliative care and propose a framework discussing intervention using goal-oriented language.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort analysis was conducted among a subset of patients enrolled between April 2017 and March 2021 in a prospective multicenter cohort study of youths receiving palliative care (the Pediatric Palliative Care Research Network's Shared Data and Research [SHARE] Study). Patients younger than 30 years receiving palliative care service

SUBMITTER: Ellis DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature