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Report on palliative sedation medication usage: a survey of palliative care experts in Eight European countries.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088685 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-684X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1472684X NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Palliat Care Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2002-
    • الموضوع:
      Palliative Care*/methods ; Palliative Care*/standards ; Hypnotics and Sedatives*/therapeutic use; Humans ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Europe ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Germany ; Romania ; Spain ; Belgium ; Netherlands ; Italy ; United Kingdom ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Hungary ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/standards
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: The practice of palliative sedation continues to raise ethical questions among people, which in turn leads to its varied acceptance and practice across regions. As part of the Palliative Sedation European Union (EU) project, the aim of the present study was to determine the perceptions of palliative care experts regarding the practice of palliative sedation in eight European countries (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Hungary, and Romania).
      Methods: A specifically designed survey, including questions on the most frequently used medications for palliative sedation, their availability per countries and settings, and the barriers and facilitators to the appropriate practice of palliative sedation was sent to expert clinicians involved and knowledgeable in palliative care in the indicated countries. A purposive sampling strategy was used to select at least 18 participating clinicians per consortium country. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted on the survey data.
      Results: Of the 208 expert clinicians invited to participate, 124 participants completed the survey. Midazolam was perceived to be the most frequently used benzodiazepine in all eight countries. 86% and 89% of expert clinicians in Germany and Italy, respectively, perceived midazolam was used "almost always", while in Hungary and Romania only about 50% or less of the respondents perceived this. Levomepromazine was the neuroleptic most frequently perceived to be used for palliative sedation in the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Between 38- 86% of all eight countries´ expert clinicians believed that opioid medications were "almost always" used during palliative sedation. The perceived use of IV hydration and artificial nutrition "almost always" was generally low, while the country where both IV hydration and artificial nutrition were considered to be "very often" given by a third of the expert clinicians, was in Hungary, with 36% and 27%, respectively.
      Conclusions: Our study provides insight about the differences in the perceived practice of medication during palliative sedation between eight European countries. In countries where palliative care services have been established longer perceptions regarding medication use during palliative sedation were more in line with the recommended European guidelines than in Central and Eastern European countries like Romania and Hungary.
      (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Medication; Medicine; Opioid; Palliative care; Palliative sedation
    • الرقم المعرف:
      0 (Hypnotics and Sedatives)
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20240620 Date Completed: 20240620 Latest Revision: 20240623
    • الموضوع:
      20240623
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC11188245
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/s12904-024-01484-6
    • الرقم المعرف:
      38902670