State of consciousness during the last days of life in patients receiving palliative care

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Nov;38(5):e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.06.005. Epub 2009 Sep 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Benzodiazepines / administration & dosage
  • Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use
  • Consciousness / physiology*
  • Death
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / administration & dosage
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Palliative Care / psychology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Terminal Care

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Benzodiazepines