The Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Lung Transplant Recipients.

Introduction: Lung transplantation is a treatment crucial for the survival of patients with end-stage lung diseases. An identified caregiver is obligatory for a patient to be eligible for a lung transplant and plays an essential role in the transplant recipient's care. Most caregiver research, however, has been on caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or the elderly, with limited research on caregivers' experiences caring for transplant recipients.

Practices following the death of a loved one reported by adults from 14 countries or cultural/ethnic group.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the reported ritual practices (dealing with the deceased's remains, wake, funeral, burial and celebration) of White non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic and Hispanic/Latino adults in their country of origin or ethnic or cultural group in the United States following the death of a loved one.

Design: This descriptive study is a secondary analysis from a longitudinal mixed-methods study that examined parents' health and functioning following the death of a child.

Methods: Adult parents whose child died in neonatal intensive care units or paediatric intensive care units were recruited from four hospitals and from death records.

What Children Wished They Had/Had Not Done and Their Coping in the First Thirteen Months after Their Sibling's Neonatal/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Emergency Department Death.

Research on what children wished they had done differently after their sibling's death has not been reported. Examine what children wished they had/had not done, and their coping after a sibling's neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit/emergency department (NICU/PICU/ED) death. Qualitative data are part of a longitudinal mixed methods study of 6- to 18-year-olds interviewed at 2, 4, 6, and 13 months after a sibling's death.

Parent and child perceptions of the child's health at 2, 4, 6, and 13 months after sibling intensive care or emergency department death.

Background: Approximately 50,000 US infants and children die annually, leaving surviving children and families with long-lasting effects. In most studies, children's health is rated by parents, but not the children.

Purpose: To compare the surviving children's self-rated health with parents' ratings at 2, 4, 6, and 13 months after sibling neonatal intensive care unit/pediatric intensive care unit/emergency department death death and identify the related factors.

Acute Illnesses, Use of Health Services, and Changes in Medication Among Parents After Infant or Child Death.

Background: The death of an infant or child has been described as the most stressful life event, but few reports exist on the effects on parents' physical health in the year after the death.

Objective: To examine acute illnesses, use of health services, and medication changes among parents from 3 racial/ethnic groups 1 to 13 months after the death of an infant or child in the neonatal intensive care unit or pediatric intensive care unit.

Methods: In a longitudinal study, 96 parents (41% black, 32% Hispanic, 27% white) of deceased infants or children were recruited from 4 children's hospitals and death records.