title: A favorable course of palliative sedation: searching for indicators using caregivers' perspectives.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tijn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brinkkemper
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Judith A C
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rietjens
authors.affiliation: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deliens
authors.affiliation: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Department of Elderly Care Medicine, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Miel W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ribbe
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Siebe J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stephan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Loer
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Palliative Care Centre of Expertise, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Hospice Kuria, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wouter W A
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Zuurmond
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Palliative Care Centre of Expertise, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Hospice Kuria, Amsterdam, the Netherlands rsgm.perez@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Roberto S G M
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods*; D054810:Deep Sedation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: depth of sedation; nurses; palliative sedation; physicians; questionnaire; retrospective