Open AccessImproving Prescription in Palliative Sedation
Author(s) -
Jeroen Hasselaar,
Rob Reuzel,
Stans Verhagen,
Alexander de Graeff,
Kris Vissers,
B.J.P. Crul
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.11.1166
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , palliative care , odds ratio , confidence interval , delirium , medical prescription , anxiety , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , anesthesia , nursing
Two guidelines addressing palliative sedation have been published in the Netherlands in 2002 and 2003. The objective of the present study is to determine adherence to the guidelines for palliative sedation with regard to prescription. The study is restricted to the practice of continuous deep palliative sedation.
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