[Palliative sedation in pediatric oncology].
Severe pain caused by multiple metastases in bones in a pediatric patient suffering from rhabdomyosarcoma, a solid tumor of childhood, made palliative sedation therapy after developing metastases in lung necessary. The premises for this therapy, the difference in the choice of drugs compared to adults and psychology of the dying child are discussed.
Kovacs
Julia
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Fachärztin für Anästhesie und Pädiatrie, St. Anna Kinderspital, Wien, Osterreich. julia_kovacs@gmx.de
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000941:ethics; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000941:ethics; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods