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Should Physicians Offer a Ventricular Assist Device to a Pediatric Oncology Patient With a Poor Prognosis?

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: A case is presented of a 10-year-old girl with refractory leukemia with poor prognosis and chemotherapy-induced heart failure. She is evaluated for a ventricular assist device (VAD), but the pediatric heart failure team views VAD as clinically inappropriate due to her active oncologic problems. This article examines ethical concerns that arise in deciding whether to offer and use this technology.

Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic

DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.380

Authors: Angira Patel, Anna Joong, Efrat Lelkes, Jeffrey G. Gossett

Institutions: Lurie Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Subfield: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2945299540