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Sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) is the death of a child over the age of 12 months which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation and autopsy. There has not been enough research to identify risk factors, common characteristics, or prevention strategies for SUDC. SUDC is similar in concept to sudden infant death syndrome ...
Research within the Hospice & Palliative Care fields have studied the impact of deathbed phenomena (DBP) on the dying, their families, and palliative staff. In 2009, a questionnaire was distributed to 111 staff in an Irish hospice program asking if they had encountered staff or patients who had experienced DBP.
SIDS was the third leading cause of death in children less than one year old in the United States in 2011. [15] It is the most common cause of death between one month and one year of age. [ 1 ] About 90% of cases happen before six months of age, with it being most frequent between two months and four months of age.
Guernsey's only hospice is shining a light on children's grief as part of an international awareness day. Les Bourgs Hospice, in St Andrews, said it was taking part in Children's Grief Awareness Day.
The primary diagnosis for children in hospice treatment is cancer, but, like the adult population, children may enter hospice for a variety of conditions, including AIDS, prematurity, congenital disorder, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, or "death-inducing trauma", such as automobile accidents. [46]
Hospice nurses confront death and suffering on a daily basis, and must cope with all the attendant emotions: anger, despair, heartache. They also must tend to the needs of many patients at one time, often dispersed over a broad geographical area.
The children who experience bereavement and grief can receive treatment involving group intervention, [4] play therapy, [5] and cognitive behavioral therapy. [6] Different forms of treatment for children experiencing bereavement and or grief can help to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, social adjustment, and posttraumatic stress. [4]
Since children seem relatively unaffected until shortly before respiratory failure and cardiac arrest, Monaghan and a group of associates were interested in developing an early warning score system to help nurses assess pediatric patients objectively and improve mortality rates with timely recognition and treatment. They interviewed staff ...