医学
缓和医疗
护理部
家庭医学
重症监护
透视图(图形)
儿科
重症监护医学
人工智能
计算机科学
作者
Dwayne Mascarenhas,Medha Goyal,Ruchi Nanavati
标识
DOI:10.1080/20469047.2022.2089821
摘要
Background Neonatal palliative care (NPC) aims to prevent and relieve the suffering of neonates who are not going to recover. Although an integral part of neonatal care, it remains in nascent stages in many parts of the world.Aim To describe neonatologists’ level of knowledge and understanding of NPC, and to describe current practices and barriers to its delivery.Methods The study, a cross-sectional web-based national survey, was undertaken between 2019 and 2020. A structured form of 22 questions about NPC was completed by neonatologists across level III neonatal intensive care units in India.Results Of the 145 questionnaires sent out, 65 responses were returned (44.8%). The participating units were in both public (38.5%) and private/corporate hospitals (61.5%). The concept of NPC was known to 90.8%, and 93.8% could identify conditions necessitating palliation. However, 81.5% of units lacked a palliative team, and few had teams of only neonatologists and neonatal nurses. Only 10.8% of the units had a structured policy, but none addressed all aspects of neonatal palliation. The creation of memories by parents spending time with their neonate (38.9%), photography (75.9%), footprints (13%) or collecting memorabilia was allowed at many centres. Frequently encountered barriers included inadequate knowledge (16.9%), poor infrastructure (21.5%), inadequate human resources (24.6%) and a lack of structured guidelines and legal support (15.4%).Conclusion This is the first study to highlight a large gap in neonatal end-of-life care in India and it reflects an urgent need to facilitate its incorporation into routine care.Abbreviations NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; NPC: neonatal palliative care
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