Abstract

Background: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) teams can manage distressing symptoms, enable informed decision-making, coordinate multidisciplinary care, and if applicable, provide end-of-life and bereavement support. Access to pediatric palliative care has increased in the last decade; however, information regarding access for children with heart disease remains limited. Objective. Describe demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, admitted to a tertiary children hospital, with congenital or acquired heart disease who received PPC consultation. Methods. We conducted a retrospective chart review for all patients with …

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