Consultations for holistic pediatric services for inpatients and outpatient oncology patients at a children's hospital.

摘要: Background: As demand increases for complemen- tary and alternative medical care, pediatric institutions face the need to answer patients' clinicians' ques- tions about integrating these therapies in hospital set- tings. ing symptoms such as nausea, pain, insomnia, or agita- tion (n=50). The most common questions specific had do with herbs (n=41) dietary supple- ments (n=42), but there were also frequent diet nutrition (n=33) mind-body thera- pies guided imagery biofeedback (n=28) massage (n =2 5). Approximately 0.3 full-time equiva- lents of physician time was required provide clinical consultations, $7315 collected $26638 billed services. Conclusions: complementary medicine consulta- service primarily consulted by oncology patients requesting assistance pain symptom management. Patients various pies, particularly supplements. Addi- tional research is necessary determine cost- effectiveness an integrated approach without access reliable community resources therapies.