Inpatient Symptom Prevalence, Severity, and Improvement in Children Referred for Pediatric Palliative Care Consultation: Findings from a Multisite Quality Improvement Registry
In this dataset, moderate to severe symptoms often improved over the course of inpatient encounters. Moderate to severe fatigue, feeding issues, and dyspnea were associated with in-hospital death, suggesting a need to screen routinely for these symptoms as potential targets for improved PPC support.
Authors
- Jori F. Bogetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-4505)
- Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-3620)
- Steven Z. Pantilat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1004-7892)
- David L. O’Riordan
- Andrea Postier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-4557)
- Maggie C. Root (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4941-228X)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114828
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00