CME Live: Pediatric Palliative Care: Chronic kidney disease

CME Live: Pediatric Palliative Care: Chronic kidney disease

Dr Mona Gupta

Curofy- India's largest community of verified doctors covered the CME-International Neonatal and Pediatric Nephrology Training Workshop live. This post was first published on the Curofy app. 

In life threatening conditions Goals would be to:

Enhance quality of life

Minimize suffering

Optimize function

Interdisciplinary roles:

Pediatricians:

Initiate treatment

Decision making and future care

Care co-ordination

Nephrologist: 

- Replacing electrolytes

Psycologist:

-Family

Palliative care works towards 

Family bereavement

Support

Maximize quality of life

Minimize time

Benefits:

Attention to symptoms and quality of life

End of life preparation

Pain and symptom management

Early involvement beneficial to family, child, caregiver.