ReviewCurrent oncology reports2002
Practical guide to palliative sedation.
Review in Current oncology reports, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Should Terminal Sedation Be Expanded to Individuals Who Choose to Die Via the Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking?Bioethics · 2026Article
- Expanded terminal sedation in end-of-life care.Journal of medical ethics · 2023Article
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- A research study review of effectiveness of treatments for psychiatric conditions common to end-stage cancer patients: needs assessment for future research and an impassioned plea.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- Continuous deep sedation and homicide: an unsolved problem in law and professional morality.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2016Article
- In-service documentation tools and statements on palliative sedation in Germany--do they meet the EAPC framework recommendations? A qualitative document analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Current debates on end-of-life sedation: an international expert elicitation study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Article
- [Sedation in palliative medicine: Guidelines for the use of sedation in palliative care : European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2010Review
- [Indications and use of benzodiazepines in a palliative care unit].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2008Article
- Deletion of vanilloid receptor 1-expressing primary afferent neurons for pain control.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2004Article
- Attitudes on euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and terminal sedation--a survey of the members of the German Association for Palliative Medicine.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2004Article
- Sedation in palliative care - a critical analysis of 7 years experience.BMC palliative care · 2003Article
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Abstract
Terminally ill patients want assurance that their symptoms will be controlled as death approaches. Most patients can have a peaceful death with standard palliative care. Some patients approaching death, however, have refractory symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, nausea, and agitated delirium. Palliative sedation (PS), the use of medications to induce sedation in order to control refractory symptoms near death, is a therapeutic option for these patients. The reported frequency of PS use varies greatly, ranging from 5% to 52% of the terminally ill. One concern with PS is its effect on survival. Data suggest that PS does not lead to immediate death, with the median time to death after initiating PS being greater than 1 to 5 days. A number of medications have been used for PS, but midazolam is most commonly reported. PS is distinct from euthanasia because the intent of PS is relief from suffering without death as a required outcome.
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