6 End-of-life care
A short summary in PICUlearn's own words. The original wording is in the publisher's document.
- 6.A Diagnosis and definition of death
- 6.B Symptom control at end of life
- 6.C Legal and ethical end-of-life practice, including donation
- 6.D Advance directives, assent and decision-making capacity
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Guidelines and evidence
- Implementation of Polish guidelines on futile therapy protocols in pediatric intensive care units: a multicenter retrospective review.Scientific Reports, 2026Guideline or evidence
- A Modified Delphi Consensus-Based Comprehensive Checklist and Angoff Standard for Assessment of Competency in Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Determination.Critical Care Medicine (Delphi expert consensus panel), 2026Guideline or 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
- 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