- Palliative sedation is a treatment option for patients in the terminal stage of their disease who have one or more refractory symptoms.- In giving palliative sedation it is important to take into account the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of medications that contribute to good palliation: this covers both medication used in palliative sedation and continued chronic medication.- This article provides tools for clinical practice to deal with the difficulties concerning stopping or continuing chronic medication and on interaction between medications in palliative sedation.
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D000758:Anesthesia; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives