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

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Palliative Care

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06797921

Run by

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

People needed

350

Starts

2024-12-03

Expected to finish

2029-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-29

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Living patients aged <18 years at the time of the event
• Patients with conditions eligible for PPCs according to Association for Children's Palliative Care/Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health

You may not qualify if…

• NA

Where it is running

• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Pediatria d'Urgenza, Pronto Soccorso e Osservazione Breve ed Intensiva — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Neonatologia e Terapia Intensiva Neonatale — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Oncoematologia Pediatrica — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, U.O.C. Neuropsichiatria dell'età pediatria — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Pediatria — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Rianimazione Pediatrica — Bologna, Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna, U.O. Cardiologia Pediatrica — Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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