Palliative Sedation in Patients Hospitalized in Internal Medicine Departments
Palliative sedation is used to relieve end-of-life refractory symptoms. The objective of this study was to describe the use of palliative sedation in patients who die in internal medicine departments. An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective, and multicenter clinical audit study was conducte...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of pain and symptom management 2020-02, Vol.59 (2), p.302-309 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Palliative sedation is used to relieve end-of-life refractory symptoms.
The objective of this study was to describe the use of palliative sedation in patients who die in internal medicine departments.
An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective, and multicenter clinical audit study was conducted in 145 hospitals in Spain and Argentina. Each hospital included the first 10 patients who died in the internal medicine department, starting on December 1, 2015.
We included 1447 patients, and palliative sedation was administered to 701 patients (48.4%). Having a terminal illness (odds ratio [OR] 2.469, 95% CI 1.971–3.093, P |
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ISSN: | 0885-3924 1873-6513 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.013 |