European Association for Palliative Care

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Recommendation

  1. The aim of sedation in palliative care should be to adequately relieve refractory and unbearable symptoms by means of appropriate sedative drugs carefully titrated “to the cessation of symptoms – not the cessation of life”4. (Level of evidence: IV)
  2. The physician should regularly review the patient’s condition and continue to search for non-sedating alternatives. (Level of evidence: IV)
  3. The aims of sedation should be clearly documented. (Level of evidence V)
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