Palliative Sedation in End-of-Life Care and Survival: A Systematic Review

Palliative sedation is a clinical procedure aimed at relieving refractory symptoms in patients with advanced cancer. It has been suggested that sedative drugs may shorten life, but few studies exist comparing the survival of sedated and nonsedated patients. We present a systematic review of literatu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical oncology 2012-04, Vol.30 (12), p.1378-1383
Hauptverfasser:	MALTONI, Marco, SCARPI, Emanuela, ROSATI, Marta, DERNI, Stefania, FABBRI, Laura, MARTINI, Francesca, AMADORI, Dino, NANNI, Oriana
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Cause of Death Cohort Studies Female Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives - therapeutic use Male Medical sciences Neoplasms - drug therapy Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - pathology Palliative Care - methods Risk Assessment Survival Analysis Terminal Care - methods Terminally Ill Time Factors Treatment Outcome Tumors
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