Sedative in the terminal life phase;Sedatie in de laatste levensfase

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 52, 1999, Pages 2601-2603

  Verhagen, E H ^a   Eliel, M R ^a   De Graeff, A ^b   Teunissen, S C C M ^b  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Midden N   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; SLEEP; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DELIRIUM; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033604714     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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