Palliative Care - Navy Medicine

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What meds may be helpful? Morphine preferred agent for pain/dyspnea Advantages: – Effective, low cost, euphoric properties, familiarity Disadvantages: – More histamine release
How much do I give? Retrospective review of 3 Canadian ICUs over 1 year period 417 patients underwent withdrawal of care 86% received some form of morphine Median dose at time of death: 14.4 mg/hr Range at time of death: 0.7 – 350 mg/hr Keenan, CCM, 1997.
Page 1 and 2: End of Life Care in the ICU C.M. St
Page 3 and 4: Outline (Sobering) epidemiology Def
Page 5 and 6: Comfort care: Definition - Care wit
Page 7 and 8: Case 1 89 M with ESRD, respiratory
Page 17: What meds may be helpful? Narcotics
Page 21 and 22: Doctrine of Double Effect “It is
Page 25 and 26: Debatable Case 6 Response Probably
Page 27 and 28: Case 7 Response 25% imminently dyin
Page 29 and 30: Process Create committee with stake
Page 31 and 32: 4 basic sections NMCSD Protocol - G

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