Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis?
| Autor: | Angira Patel, Jeffrey G. Gossett, Efrat Lelkes, Anna Joong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Poor prognosis Health (social science) business.industry Health Policy medicine.medical_treatment MEDLINE medicine.disease Issues ethics and legal aspects Refractory Ventricular assist device Heart failure medicine Ethical concerns Pediatric oncology cardiovascular diseases Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | AMA Journal of Ethics. 21:E380-386 |
| ISSN: | 2376-6980 |
| Popis: | A case is presented of a 10-year-old girl with refractory leukemia with poor prognosis and chemotherapy-induced heart failure. She is evaluated for a ventricular assist device (VAD), but the pediatric heart failure team views VAD as clinically inappropriate due to her active oncologic problems. This article examines ethical concerns that arise in deciding whether to offer and use this technology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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