A review of sedation for intractable distress in the dying

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Cunningham, J ^a  

^a Blackrock Hospice   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REHYDRATION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 46349089434     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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