End-of-Life Care for the Hospitalized Patient

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-370

  Pantilat, Steven Z ^a   Isaac, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISACODYL; CODEINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIGOXIN; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DULOXETINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LACTULOSE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORCO; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PREGABALIN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SENNA EXTRACT; SORBITOL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEOPLASM; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION;

HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449088877     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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