The practice of continuous palliative sedation in elderly patients: A nationwide explorative study among dutch nursing home physicians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1671-1678

  Van Deijck, Rogier H P D ^a   Krijnsen, Petrus J C ^b   Hasselaar, Jeroen G J ^c   Verhagen, Stans C A H H V M ^c   Vissers, Kris C P ^c   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^c  

^a De Zorggroep   (Netherlands)

^b Altingerhof GGZ Drenthe ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer; dementia; elderly; nursing home; palliative sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE DIPOTASSIUM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS PALLIATIVE SEDATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; SEDATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEMENTIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956320716     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03014.x     Document Type: Article

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