Practice of palliative sedation in children with brain tumors and sarcomas at the end of life

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 409-415

  Postovsky, Sergey ^a   Moaed, Bilal ^a   Krivoy, Elena ^a   Ofir, Ruth ^a   Arush, Myriam Weyl Ben ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Child; End of life; Palliative sedation; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSCIOUSNESS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PATIENTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SEIZURES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548136979     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010701451079     Document Type: Article

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