ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2020
End-of-Life Care for Neonates: Assessing and Addressing Pain and Distressing Symptoms.
Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05270915 (Testing a Family Supportive End of Life Care Intervention in a Chinese Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Testing a Family Supportive End of Life Care Intervention in a Chinese Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quasi-experimental Study With a Non-randomized Controlled Trial Design
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative to improve neonatal end-of-life care in a level IV NICU.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Pediatric palliative care in neonates: a cross-sectional study from a high-complexity hospital in Latin America. Neopalped study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Nurturing compassion in neonatal end-of-life care: a qualitative exploration of palliative care nurses' roles and experiences.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The NeoPACE study: study protocol for the development of a core outcome set for neonatal palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Implementing Palliative care, based on family-centered care, in a highly complex neonatal unit.Jornal de pediatria · 2023Article
- Seminars in Fetal & neonatal medicine: Palliative and end of life care in the NICU.Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine · 2023Review
- Clinician perception of care at the end of life in a quaternary neonatal intensive care unit.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Facilitators and Barriers Affecting Implementation of Neonatal Palliative Care by Nurses in Mainland China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Testing a Family Supportive End of Life Care Intervention in a Chinese Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quasi-experimental Study With a Non-randomized Controlled Trial Design.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
One of the most essential components of end-of-life (EOL) care for neonates is assessing and addressing distressing symptoms. There is limited evidence to guide neonatal EOL symptom management and therefore significant variety in treatment (1-4). EOL neonatal palliative care should include identifying and relieving distressing symptoms. Symptoms to manage at neonatal EOL may include pain using both non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic comfort measures, respiratory distress, secretions, agitation and neurologic symptoms, nutrition and gastrointestinal distress, and skin care. Also of equal importance is communication surrounding familial existential distress and psychosocial care (1, 5-7). Institutions should implement a guideline for neonatal EOL care as guidelines have been shown to decrease variability of interventions and increase use of pharmacologic symptom management (4). Providers should consult with palliative care teams if available for added multidisciplinary support for family and staff, which has been shown to enhance EOL care in neonates (8, 9).
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