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There are a significant number of newborns diagnosed with life-limiting conditions and diseases with uncertain prognoses. When length of life is limited or prognosis uncertain, emphases on baby’s comfort are essential. Neonatal palliative care addresses the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and focuses on the enhancement of quality of life of the neonates and their family.
A multidisciplinary team is required to address the baby’s medical and nonmedical needs, and support parents’ need, distress, loss, and grieving process. Family should play an active role in decision-making about the care of their babies.
A state of comfort is achieved when basic needs (bonding, warmth, and relief of hunger/thirst) are met and by alleviation of distressing symptoms by active pharmacological interventions with medications like morphine.
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Palat, G. (2023). Neonatal Palliative Care: A Paradigm of Care. In: Saha, U. (eds) Clinical Anesthesia for the Newborn and the Neonate. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5458-0_48
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