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Table 2 Patient mode and place of death before and after starting the PPC program

From: Children with cancer at the end of life in a middle-income country: integrated pediatric palliative care improves outcomes

 

Oncology Alone group

(2013–2017)

Oncology and PPC group

(2018–2022)

p value

(n = 136)

(n = 121)

Mode of death, n (%)

   

 Life-sustaining treatment

61 (44.9)

45 (37.2)

0.213

 Limited life support

75 (55.1)

76 (62.8)

0.213

Place of death, n (%)

   

 Inpatient hospital unit

46 (33.8)

49 (40.5)

0.269

 Pediatric ICU

80 (58.8)

64 (52.9)

0.339

 Emergency department

10 (7.3)

8 (6.6)

0.816

  1. Life-sustaining treatment: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), cardioversion, intubation, or code doses of medications and life-sustaining technology. Limited life support: withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining measures and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. Withdrawal of treatment: discontinuation of the life-sustaining intervention/treatment that was already in place. Withholding treatment: ‘noninitiation’ or the decision not to escalate a life-sustaining treatment
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BMC Palliative Care

ISSN: 1472-684X

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