ICS4 Discussing prognosis in serious illness and end of life
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Videos
- Pediatric Medical Complexity: Shared Insights by B. Markovitz & A. Schrooten | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Paediatric Palliative Care in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Beyond-Info EAPCVideo
- Pediatric End-of-Life Guidelines & Insights by D. DeCourcey and S. Derrington | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 2Zac HodgesVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 1Zac HodgesVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM/ACCM), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Executive Summary of Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 2026Guideline or evidence
- A simulation based difficult conversations intervention for neonatal intensive care unit nurse practitioners: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS One, 2020Guideline or evidence
- Futile therapy protocols: A 3-year review of the implementation of Polish guidelines on ineffective organ function maintenance in pediatric intensive care unit-A pilot study.BMC Palliative Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death-Summary Report.Canadian Critical Care Society / Canadian Blood Services (Canadian national DCD guideline panel), 2017Guideline or evidence