Publications by authors named "Raquel Portugal-Rodriguez"
Article Synopsis
- The EPICO-SEHOP platform in Spain collects COVID-19 data specifically from children, comparing those with cancer or recent stem cell transplants to those without underlying health issues.
- Findings show that children with cancer or who have undergone stem cell transplants generally experience milder COVID-19 symptoms (7.1%) compared to those without comorbidities (14.7%), unless they had a recent transplant (less than 300 days), where 35.7% faced severe illness.
- The shared data aims to inform treatment and isolation strategies, emphasizing the role of collaborative registries in addressing health crises during the pandemic.
Background: Brain tumors represent the most common cause of cancer-related death in children. Few studies concerning the palliative phase in children with brain tumors are available.
Objectives: (i) To describe the palliative phase in children with brain tumors; (ii) to determine whether the use of palliative sedation (PS) depends on the place of death, the age of the patient, or if they received specific palliative care (PC).