Analysis of the Hospital Node in the Management of Acute Events of Patients Referred to Pediatric Palliative Care

Condition(s) studied

Study summary

This study aims to analyze the role of the hospital node in the acute event management of pediatric patients referred to Pediatric Palliative Care. Patients eligible for pediatric palliative care experience frequent hospitalizations. In oncology patients, hospitalizations are mainly for the treatment of the disease and the performance of diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures, whereas in the case of non-oncology children, admissions occur particularly for the occurrence of complications, which may affect different organs and systems. Hospitalization times are on average longer, so much so that in some cases they can even exceed 100 consecutive days, and have a high risk of re-hospitalization.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Quantification of the number of emergency room admissions — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  Number of admissions to the PS
• hospital admissions of the pediatric population eligible for Pediatric Palliative Care at the OUs involved in the study. — through study completion, an average of 1 year
  number and duration of hospitalization episodes by year, with prevalence calculation.

Trial sites (7)

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