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Taking care of caregivers: enhancing proper medication management for palliative care children with polypharmacy
  1. Daniele Mengato1,
  2. Anna Zanin2,
  3. Simona Russello3,
  4. Fernando Baratiri4,
  5. Barbara Roverato2,
  6. Nicola Realdon3,
  7. Franca Benini2,
  8. Francesca Venturini1
  1. 1Hospital Pharmacy Department, Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy
  2. 2Palliative Care and Pain Service, University of Padua Department of Women's and Children's Health, Padova, Veneto, Italy
  3. 3University of Padua Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Padova, Veneto, Italy
  4. 4University of Padua Department of Women's and Children's Health, Padova, Veneto, Italy
    1. Correspondence to Dr Daniele Mengato, Hospital Pharmacy Department, Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy; daniele.mengato{at}aopd.veneto.it

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    Caring for a child in palliative care is one of the most challenging roles a caregiver can undertake, made even more complex by the need to manage multiple concurrent medications. While polypharmacotherapy is often discussed in other settings such as geriatrics, it is equally relevant in paediatric palliative care (PPC). This is especially true given that PPC often involves managing therapies over extended periods due to the broader range of conditions treated, including oncological end-of-life patients and also those with rare diseases, muscosketelal and neurological impairments.1

    The management of multiple medications can be complicated by the limited availability of paediatric-specific pharmaceutical formulations and dosages.2 Additionally, the palatability and acceptability of these medications often pose significant challenges for caregivers who resort to …

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    • Contributors Planning, conception and reporting: DM, AZ, FBa. Conducting, data acquisition and analysis: SR and BR. Interpretation and review: NR, FBe and FV. DM is the guarantor of contributorship.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.