1. A favorable course of palliative sedation: searching for indicators using caregivers' perspectives.
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Brinkkemper T, Rietjens JA, Deliens L, Ribbe MW, Swart SJ, Loer SA, Zuurmond WW, and Perez RS
- Subjects
- Attitude of Health Personnel, Deep Sedation methods, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Nurses psychology, Nurses statistics & numerical data, Physicians psychology, Physicians statistics & numerical data, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Surveys and Questionnaires, Terminal Care methods, Treatment Outcome, Conscious Sedation methods, Palliative Care methods
- Abstract
Objective: Comparing characteristics of a favorable sedation course during palliative sedation to a less favorable course based on the reports Dutch physicians and nurses., Results: Cases identified as having a favorable sedation course less often concerned a male patient (P = .019 nurses' cases), reached the intended sedation depth significantly quicker (P < .05 both nurses and physicians' cases), reached a deeper level of sedation (P = .015 physicians' cases), and had a shorter total duration of sedation compared (P < .001 physicians' cases) to patients with a less favorable sedation course., Conclusions: A favorable course during palliative sedation seems more probable when health care professionals report on a (relatively) shorter time to reach the required depth of sedation and when a deeper level of sedation can be obtained., (© The Author(s) 2013.)
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- 2015
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