Klin Farmakol Farm. 2020;34(2):90-92 | DOI: 10.36290/far.2020.018

Clinical pharmacy in pediatric palliative care

Iva Kučerová, Stanislav Krysta
Uherskohradią»ská nemocnice, a. s.

The case report of genetically determined pharmacoresistant epilepsy in a 6 - year - old patient with infaust prognosis and palliative care. In the background of district general hospital was the child hospitalised due to respiratory infection and myoclonic seizures. The aim of palliative care and interdisciplinar cooperation were to discharge the girl from hospital to the care of mobile hospice, minimalisation of invasive inputs and the reduction of child´s stress during the stay in the intensive care unit.

Keywords: pediatric palliative care, pharmacoresistant epilepsy, drug dosage form, midazolam resistance, transdermal opioid, clinical pharmacy.

Published: July 16, 2020  Show citation

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Kučerová I, Krysta S. Clinical pharmacy in pediatric palliative care. Klin Farmakol Farm. 2020;34(2):90-92. doi: 10.36290/far.2020.018.
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