title: [Palliative therapy in neurology].
abstract: Palliative therapy aims at increasing the quality of life in patients with a terminal illness. This article provides an overview of the available therapeutic options for the most important symptoms occurring in late-stage neurological disease, including restlessness, drowsiness, death-rattle, shortness of breath, pain, seizures, raised intracranial pressure, thirst and hunger.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Grosshadern, München.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Voltz
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Borasio
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*