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Regional paediatric palliative care model improves the quality of life of children on long-term ventilation at home

Rusalen F, Agosto C, Brugnaro L, Benini F · Acta Paediatr · 2017

In the last 20 years, the prevalence of children on domiciliary long-term ventilation (LTV) has increased in many countries and in Italy it is now 4.3/100,000 (1). The complex management of these patients' conditions requires highly specialised expertise that is provided by integrated multi-disciplinary teams and calls for solutions from a number of institutional agencies (2). The global care offered to these patients by paediatric palliative care (PPC) also embraces their social needs (3-4). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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