[The role of end-of-life palliative sedation: medical and ethical aspects – Review].

Related Articles [The role of end-of-life palliative sedation: medical and ethical aspects – Review]. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2019 Jan – Feb;69(1):72-77 Authors: Menezes MS, Figueiredo MDGMDCA Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Palliative sedation is a medical procedure that has been used for more than 25 years to relieve refractory symptoms not responsive to any previous treatment in patients with no possibility of cure and near the end of life. Many uncertainties persist on the theme regarding definition, indications, decision making, most appropriate place to perform the procedure, most used drugs, need for monitoring, fluids and nutritional support, and possible ethical dilemmas.…
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