Royal Dutch Medical Association Guideline For Palliative Sedation

Guideline for Palliative Sedation

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A national guideline for palliative sedation in the …

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The indication for palliative sedation is the presence of one or more refractory symptoms that lead to unbearable suffering for the patient. Palliative sedation is given to …

Palliative Sedation: Not Just Normal Medical Practice.

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First, we will analyse the guideline's main premise, which entails that palliative sedation is normal medical treatment. After this, we will critically discuss three crucial propositions of …

Palliative sedation in the Netherlands: starting-points and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17566321/

The guideline defines palliative sedation as 'the intentional lowering of consciousness of a patient in the last phase of his or her life'. According to the guideline the objective of …

A National Guideline for Palliative Sedation in The …

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Several definitions have been proposed in the literature. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 The definition of palliative sedation used in the guideline is as factual as possible; palliative …

A National Guideline for Palliative Sedation in The …

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a patient in the last phase of his or her life. The aim of palliative sedation is to relieve suffering, and lowering consciousness is a means to achieve this. The indication for …

Palliative sedation: a normal medical procedure

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Palliative sedation: a normal medical procedure. Palliative sedation constitutes administering drugs to render the patient unconscious at the end of life. It is considered …

A National Guideline for Palliative Sedation in The …

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According to the guideline, palliative sedation may be used in two ways: 1) continuous sedation until death or 2) short-term or intermittent sedation. The ethical, …

[Indications for palliative sedation] - PubMed

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[Indications for palliative sedation] [Article in Dutch] Authors H W M Marleen van Casteren 1 , Francis M Mensink , Jeroen E J Fokke , Carel M M Veldhoven , Henriëtte L Kodde …

[Palliative sedation in a man with oral cancer; the Royal …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23594874/

Abstract Background: Palliative sedation is an effective treatment option in patients with refractory symptoms in the last phase of life. In 2009 the Royal Dutch Medical …