Careful monitoring of the use of sedative drugs at the end of life: The role of Epidemiology. the ITAELD study

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 968-979

  Miccinesi, G ^a   Caraceni, A ^b   Raho, J A ^c   Paci, E ^a   Bulli, F ^a   Van Den Block, L ^d   Giannini, A ^e  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep sedation; Epidemiology; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LIFE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942119175     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: 18271596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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