2021
DOI: 10.55783/rcmf.140209
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Sedación paliativa

Abstract: Muchos enfermos, al final de su vida, padecen un sufrimiento intenso en el contexto de síntomas refractarios (aquellos que no pueden ser adecuadamente controlados con los tratamientos disponibles, aplicados por médicos expertos). La sedación paliativa es la disminución deliberada del nivel de consciencia del enfermo, con el objetivo de evitar un sufrimiento insoportable causado por uno o más síntomas refractarios. Debe cumplir una serie de requisitos para ser considerada una práctica ética y lícita, como son: … Show more

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“…The term "refractory" can be understood as those symptoms that, despite medical efforts, remain intense and intolerable for the patient and that cannot be controlled with the available treatments either because they have ceased to be effective or because their efficacy cannot be achieved in a reasonable time to reduce the symptoms. In the previously mentioned case, dyspnea was determined to be a refractory symptom for 3 reasons: it was not possible to perform a thoracentesis, the high-flow nasal prongs were insufficient, and there was a lack of the drugs of choice to control dyspnea, which led to the symptom persisting and even escalating 3,[5][6][7] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The term "refractory" can be understood as those symptoms that, despite medical efforts, remain intense and intolerable for the patient and that cannot be controlled with the available treatments either because they have ceased to be effective or because their efficacy cannot be achieved in a reasonable time to reduce the symptoms. In the previously mentioned case, dyspnea was determined to be a refractory symptom for 3 reasons: it was not possible to perform a thoracentesis, the high-flow nasal prongs were insufficient, and there was a lack of the drugs of choice to control dyspnea, which led to the symptom persisting and even escalating 3,[5][6][7] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%