Journal of pain and symptom management
Implementing a Best Practice Guideline for Withdrawing Life Sustaining Therapies at a Large Pediatric Hospital.
David Mauser, Maeve Bartiss, Josh Lipsitz, Kim Sawyer, Alana Carpenter, Claire Crawford, Nikashia Franklin, Ryan Coleman, Jessica Casas
Published: 202510.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.004
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapies (WOLST) is a critical procedure in up to 50% of inpatient pediatric deaths. No best practice guideline (BPG) exists. We aimed to develop and implement a BPG and standard note template for WOLST proc…
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