Palliative sedation - revised recommendations
Swiss Med Wkly. 2024 Feb 15;154:3590. doi: 10.57187/s.3590.ABSTRACTPalliative sedation is defined as the monitored use of medications intended to induce a state of decreased or absent awareness (unconsciousness) to relieve the burden of otherwise intractable suffering in a manner ethically acceptable to the patient, their family, and healthcare providers. In Switzerland, the prevalence of continuous deep sedation until death increased from 4.7% in 2001 to 17.5% of all deceased in 2013, depending on the research method used and on regional variations. Yet, these numbers may be overestimated due to a lack of understanding of...
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - April 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michel Beauverd Marta Mazzoli Josiane Pralong Martyna Tomczyk Steffen Eychm üller Jan Gaertner Source Type: research
