Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5583651 | Medicina Paliativa | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The majority of patients who died in Internal Medicine were elderly, who suffered end-stage chronic or neoplastic diseases, needed palliative care, in whom the death was expected. Although there were a high percentage of patients who received symptomatic palliative treatment, and do not resuscitate orders were written, there were other aspects that could be improved, such as palliative sedation.
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Authors
Eugenia Ameneiros-Lago, Carmen Carballada-Rico, Juan Antonio Garrido-Sanjuán,