Table 1 Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Care’s classification of life-threatening diseases (Bogetz et al., 2014; Mellor and Hain, 2010)
From: The adult and pediatric palliative care: differences and shared issues
Description of disease | Examples |
|---|---|
Conditions that can be treated but retain high possibility of death | Acute leukemia; cancer |
Progressive conditions that lead to death but have long-term treatments, including intensive care | Down syndrome; muscular dystrophy; cystic fibrosis |
Conditions without specific treatment but requiring palliative care; ultimately terminal | Severe congenital/metabolic disease |
Severe neurologic impairments in which complications may lead to early death | Severe cerebral palsy |