When children die: Improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families

RE Behrman, MJ Field - 2003 - books.google.com
The death of a child is a special sorrow. No matter the circumstances, a child's death is a life-
altering experience. Except for the child who dies suddenly and without forewarning …

A framework for integrated pediatric palliative care: being with dying

CH Rushton - Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent studies highlight the need for an integrated model for palliative and end-of-life
pediatric care. About 55,000 children die each year in the United States and, on any given …

Do you know the frequency of errors in your intensive care unit?

J Graf - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Historically, healthcare ser-vices and physicians have been expected to function without
error. Although no one would disagree with the ideal of perfect performance in medical …

Cardiogenic pulmonary edema: an inflammatory disorder?

MT Haupt - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (PE) is a common disorder in the practices of
cardiologists and critical care physicians. When severe, acute PE is characterized by blood …

Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy: do they persist for lifetime?

R Bogdanski, M Blobner, C Werner - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Historically, healthcare ser-vices and physicians have been expected to function without
error. Although no one would disagree with the ideal of perfect performance in medical …

New gene therapy for the treatment of burn wounds

S Guarini - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
The healing response, in fact, is a complex process, involving the interplay of different cell
types including inflammatory cells, fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and endothelial cells. All these …

Cardiopulmonary bypass: Homemade sepsis?

BS Cain, J Shannon-Cain - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Historically, healthcare ser-vices and physicians have been expected to function without
error. Although no one would disagree with the ideal of perfect performance in medical …

Irreconcilable differences?

MA Williams, CH Rushton, JH Shatzer - Critical care medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
It has often been said that there are irreconcilable differences in the goals of critical care and
palliative care—using aggressive, innovative, technological strategies and equipment to …