Specialized Pediatric Palliative Care Teams Reduce High-Intensity Care at End of Life

The presence of a specialized pediatric palliative care (SPPC) team lowered the odds that a child with cancer would be admitted to an intensive care unit at the end of life by five-fold compared with those who did not receive palliative care, according to results from a retrospective study conducted in Canada.

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