Palliative pharmacological sedation for terminally ill adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Beller, Elaine M ^a   van Driel, Mieke L ^b   Mcgregor, Leanne ^c   Truong, Shani ^b   Mitchell, Geoffrey ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ANXIETY; ATAXIA; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SEDATION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME TO DEATH; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE RETENTION; WELLBEING; ADULT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SELECTION BIAS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE; SELECTION BIAS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84929700273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010206.pub2     Document Type: Review

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