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Acta Pediatr Mex 2024; 45 (5)

A spiritual view of death in the pediatric intensive care unit

Caksen H

Language: English
References: 9
Page: 551-552
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The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a specialized ward that provides special care to critically/terminally ill children who require assisted ventilation and hemodynamic monitoring. Various studies have reported mortality rates in PICU ranging from 2.6% to 45.5%, based on the quality, region, and kind of patients of their settings. In a series from Mexico, a mortality rate of 18% was found in their PICU. Pediatric intensive care workers are almost always interested in the physical, social, and mental dimensions of death in the PICU, but not as much in the religious/spiritual dimension of death. Nonetheless, many cultures and religions have the concept of an afterlife, and they also maintain the idea of a judgement of good and bad deeds in one's life (Heaven, Hell, Karma). Herein, we discuss the position of children after death, to attract attention to the religious/spiritual dimension of death.


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