Ethical side of decision-making on palliative care to a child with congenital heart disease associated with frontonasal dysplasia
In the practice of pediatric cardiology, situations are possible when a child with congenital heart disease cannot be subjected to radical or even hemodynamic surgery. As a rule, such severe heart defects are combined with other genetic anomalies, which ultimately lead to the palliative status of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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«FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Российский кардиологический журнал |
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| Online Access: | https://russjcardiol.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/5449 |
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| Summary: | In the practice of pediatric cardiology, situations are possible when a child with congenital heart disease cannot be subjected to radical or even hemodynamic surgery. As a rule, such severe heart defects are combined with other genetic anomalies, which ultimately lead to the palliative status of the newborn. This situation is a serious ethical and psychological challenge for medical workers in both the antenatal and postnatal periods. In the proposed article, we present a case of a child with congenital heart disease, which was part of frontonasal dysplasia due to ZSWIM6 gene mutation. This observation illustrates a number of ethical and psychological problems, difficult decisions and communication questions that are typical for such a difficult life situation as the birth of a terminally ill child. The example is illustrative in general for the ethical problems of a disabling congenital disease, which can be encountered in the practice of a pediatric cardiologist. From a broader perspective, the example illustrates uncertainty as an inevitable component of medical decision making and informing the patient (his legal representatives). |
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| ISSN: | 1560-4071 2618-7620 |