Barbiturates in the care of the terminally ill

N Engl J Med. 1992 Dec 3;327(23):1678-82. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199212033272311.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesia / methods
  • Astrocytoma / nursing
  • Barbiturates / administration & dosage*
  • Child
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Multiple Organ Failure / nursing
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Palliative Care / standards*
  • Sarcoma / physiopathology
  • Sarcoma / secondary
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / nursing
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / secondary
  • Spinal Neoplasms / nursing
  • Terminal Care / methods
  • Terminal Care / standards*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical

Substances

  • Barbiturates
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives