The Impact of a Sibling's Death in Intensive Care Unit: Are We Doing Enough to Help Them?

As physicians, we have lost many children who were under our care despite our best efforts. For most of us, after breaking the news to the family, we move on to treat our next patient who needs help. However, the family and most importantly the siblings have a harder time. The aim of this report is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sombans, Shaheen, Ramphul, Kamleshun, Sonaye, Ruhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942721
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2518
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Sumario:As physicians, we have lost many children who were under our care despite our best efforts. For most of us, after breaking the news to the family, we move on to treat our next patient who needs help. However, the family and most importantly the siblings have a harder time. The aim of this report is to try to understand how they cope with the loss of a sibling who was previously in intensive care unit.

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