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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Pediatric Oncology Palliative Care Programs in Central America: Pathways to Success.

Wendy Cristhyna Gómez García, Silvia Rivas, Gabriela Paz, Marisol Bustamante, Gerardo Castro, Hazel Gutiérrez, Maria Sabina Ah Chu, Pascale Yola Gassant, Rolando Larin Lovo, Yessika Gamboa and 3 more

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Wendy Cristhyna Gómez GarcíaOncology Unit, Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral, Santo Domingo 10101, Dominican Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6457-3559
Silvia RivasPalliative Care Program, Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Guatemala 01011, Guatemala.ORCID 0000-0002-9790-035X
Gabriela PazPalliative Care Program, Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Guatemala 01011, Guatemala.
Marisol BustamantePalliative Care Program, Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Guatemala 01011, Guatemala.
Gerardo CastroPalliative Care, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras.
Hazel GutiérrezPalliative Care, Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, San José 10103, Costa Rica.ORCID 0000-0003-2252-019X
Maria Sabina Ah ChuOncology Unit, Hospital del Niño, Panama City 0816-00383, Panama.
Pascale Yola GassantOncology Unit, Hospital St. Damien, Puerto Príncipe HT 6124, Haiti.ORCID 0000-0002-5705-1242
Rolando Larin LovoPalliative Care Program, Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamín Bloom, San Salvador 1101, El Salvador.
Yessika GamboaOncology Unit, Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, San José 10103, Costa Rica.
Marleni Torres NúñezMedical Education, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL 33155, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1852-5222
Ximena García QuinteroPalliative Care Program, Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali 760026, Colombia.
Regina Okhuysen-CawleyDivisions of Critical Care Medicine and Palliative Care, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palliative care offers children who have life-limiting and life-threatening oncologic illnesses and their families improved quality of life. In some instances, impeccable symptom control can lead to improved survival. Cultural and financial barriers to palliative care in oncology patients occur in all countries, and those located in Central America are no exception. In this article, we summarize how the programs participating in the Asociación de Hemato-Oncólogos Pediatras de Centro America (AHOPCA) have developed dedicated oncology palliative care programs. The experience in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic and Haiti is detailed, with a focus on history, the barriers that have impeded progress, and achievements. Future directions, which, of course, may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are described as well.

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painpalliative carepediatric oncology

Identifiers

PMID34828744
PMCPMC8624815

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