Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2021
Parent and Physician Report of Discussions About Prognosis for Critically Ill Children.
Parents value clear communication with PICU clinicians about possible patient and family outcomes (prognostic conversations). We describe PICU parent and attending physician reports and agreement regarding the occurrence of prognostic conversations. We queried parents and physicians about prognostic conversation content, which healthcare providers had prognostic conversations, and whether parents wanted more prognostic information. ⋯ Most parents and physicians report having prognostic conversations, primarily about length of stay and post-ICU physical morbidities. Concordance between parents and physicians is suboptimal. Future studies should evaluate prognostic conversations at other timepoints, how information is delivered, and how these conversations impact the PICU experience.