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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;160(13-14):338-42.
doi: 10.1007/s10354-009-0735-z.

[Palliative sedation therapy for severe dyspnoea]

[Article in German]
Walter Schippinger  1 , Dietmar Weixler, Christof Müller-Busch
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Case Reports

[Palliative sedation therapy for severe dyspnoea]

[Article in German]
Walter Schippinger et al. Wien Med Wochenschr. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

In this case study we report on a patient with advanced myxofibrosarcoma and lung metastases, suffering from severe dyspnoea. Symptoms were not manageable by means of standard palliative care, which made palliative sedation therapy necessary in order to alleviate dyspnoea. On the basis of this case study, indications, drugs, therapy monitoring and ethical aspects of palliative sedation therapy are discussed.

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