Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2025 Apr 1;123(2):e202410491.
doi: 10.5546/aap.2024-10491. Epub 2024 Sep 12.

[Consensus on therapeutic effort limitation, with a palliative care approach]

[Article in Spanish]
María S Ciruzzi  1 , Gisela M Delmonte  1 , Estela Di Cola  1 , Verónica Dussel  1 , Eugenia Ensabella  1 , Karina V Gómez  1 , Ma Fernanda Marchetti  1 , Fernanda Peserico  1 , Jimena Saldeña  1 , Estela M Torrecilla  1 ; Grupo de Trabajo Consenso en Adecuación de Esfuerzo Terapéutico
Collaborators, Affiliations
Free article

[Consensus on therapeutic effort limitation, with a palliative care approach]

[Article in Spanish]
María S Ciruzzi et al. Arch Argent Pediatr. .
Free article

Abstract
in English, Spanish

The National Committee for Palliative Care expressed their commitment to approach the decision of foregoing life sustaining treatment from a palliative care perspective, allowing the implementation of a care program to prevent therapeutic obstinacy, respect the dignity of the patient and their parents, and evaluate a rational, reasonable and adequate use of health and technological resources by focusing on the quality of life of the child, in order to realize their best interest, providing a guide that facilitates the decision-making process in dilemmatic situations in pediatrics.

Desde el Comité Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos surgió la inquietud de aportar una mirada específica a la adecuación del esfuerzo terapéutico que permita implementar un plan de cuidado que prevenga el empecinamiento terapéutico, respete la dignidad del paciente y sus padres, evalúe un uso racional, razonable y adecuado de los recursos sanitarios y tecnológicos, y se focalice en la calidad de vida del niño, en concreción de su interés superior. El objetivo es acercar a los pediatras una guía que facilite el proceso de toma de decisiones en situaciones dilemáticas.

Keywords: dignity; life support care; palliative care; quality of life.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources