M.C. Agra Tuñas

M.C. Agra Tuñas
University of Santiago de Compostela | USC · Department of Nursing

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Objectives: To describe how children currently die in Spanish PICUs, their epidemiologic characteristics and clinical diagnoses. Design: Prospective multicenter observational study. Setting: Eighteen PICUs participating in the MOdos de Morir en UCI Pediátrica-2 (MOMUCI-2) study in Spain. Patients: Children 1 to 16 years old who died in PICU duri...
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Objective To describe the different types of child deaths in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) in Spain, and to analyse the characteristics of those dying from a limitation of therapeutic effort (LET). Method A multicentre retrospective study by conducted by reviewing the hospital discharge reports corresponding to deceased patients in 8 Span...
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Resumen Objetivo Describir los modos de muerte de los niños en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos (UCIP) en España y analizar las características de aquellos que fallecen tras decidir una limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico (LET). Métodos Estudio retrospectivo multicéntrico mediante revisión de informes de alta de los pacientes falle...
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Introduction Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA-1) is a progressive and fatal disease that leads to ethical problems for Paediatric professionals. Our objective was to determine the ethical options of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) paediatricians as regards a child with SMA-1 and respiratory failure. Material and methods A cross-sectional d...
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Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA-1) is a progressive and fatal disease that leads to ethical problems for Paediatric professionals. Our objective was to determine the ethical options of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) paediatricians as regards a child with SMA-1 and respiratory failure. Material and methods: A cross-sectio...
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Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA-1) tends to be fatal in the first year of life if there is no ventilatory support. The decision whether to start such support is an ethical conflict for healthcare professionals. Material and methods: A scenario of acute respiratory failure in an infant with SMA-1 has been included in a training...
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Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA-1) tends to be fatal in the first year of life if there is no ventilatory support. The decision whether to start such support is an ethical conflict for healthcare professionals.

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