Publication
Symptom management: how can specialist paediatric palliative care teams help?
Holland C, Nohavicka L, Harrop E · Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition · 2026
Key points While pain is relatively common in children who are life-limited or life-threatened, they may present with a wide range of symptoms including agitation/distress, dystonia, sleep problems, feed-related problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and breathlessness. Pharmacological treatment is only one aspect of palliative care symptom management. Writing a tailored symptom management plan with non-pharmacological approaches included may help give parents or young people agency and optimise symptom control. Consider the best route of administration for medications for the child and adapt with changing conditions.
- DOI
- 10.1136/archdischild-2025-328557
- Claimed by
- Dr Emily Harrop
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