Palliative Sedation: Reliability and Validity of Sedation Scales
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Palliative sedation: reliability and validity of sedation scales.
CONTEXT Observer-based sedation scales have been used to provide a measurable estimate of the comfort of nonalert patients in palliative sedation. However, their usefulness and appropriateness in this setting has not been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES To study the reliability and validity of observer-based sedation scales in palliative sedation. METHODS A prospective evaluation of 54 patients un...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.11.010