Characteristics Associated with Survival in Patients Receiving Continuous Deep Sedation in a Hospice Care Unit.

ABSTRACT: Continuous deep sedation (CDS) is an extreme form of palliative sedation to relieve refractory symptoms at the end of life. In this study, we shared our experiences with CDS and examined the clinical characteristics associated with survival in patients with terminal cancer who received CDS. We conducted a chart audit of 106 consecutive patients with terminal cancer who received CDS at a single hospice care unit between January 2014 and December 2016. Survival was defined as the first day of admission to the date of death. The associations between clinical characteristics and survival were presented as hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals using a Cox proportional hazard model. The mean age of participants was 65.2 years, and 33.0% (n=35) were women. Diazepam was the most commonly admi

SUBMITTER: Ahn HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180067 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature