Withdrawal from dialysis: A palliative care perspective

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 364-372

  Chater, S ^a,d   Davison, S N ^b   Germain, M J ^c   Cohen, L M ^c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialysis withdrawal; Palliative care; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANILERIDINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DEATH; DIALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 33750870354     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp66364     Document Type: Article

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