title: Dying at home: emergency medications for terminal symptoms.
abstract: This article discusses the use of a medication kit at home for terminal symptoms. This innovation has been in place for more than two years at the Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic. There is no previously published information on this innovation in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: LeGrand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tropiano
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009820:Ohio; D010166:Palliative Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000932:Antiemetics; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D009020:Morphine; D001285:Atropine; D003975:Diazepam; D002746:Chlorpromazine