Palliative sedation at the end of life at a tertiary cancer center

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1299-1307

  Caraceni, Augusto ^a   Zecca, Ernesto ^a   Martini, Cinzia ^a   Gorni, Giovanna ^a   Campa, Tiziana ^a   Brunelli, Cinzia ^a   De Conno, Franco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life care; Palliative care; Palliative sedation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PROMAZINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COOPERATION; DELIRIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SARCOMA; SEDATION; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84863983993     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1217-6     Document Type: Article

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