Deep continuous sedation maintained until death, in French Intensive Care Units

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Feb;39(1):115-116. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.07.008. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Authors

Matthieu Le Dorze¹, Stanislas Kandelman², Benoit Veber³; SFAR Ethics Committee

Collaborators

SFAR Ethics Committee:
Elodie Brunel, Houtin Baghdadi, Antoine Baumann, Frédérique Claudot, Caroline Guibet Lafaye, Valérie Gateau, Stanislas Kandelman, Florence Lallemant, Anne Le Boudec, Matthieu Le Dorze, Fabrice Michel, Laurent Muller, Karine Nouette-Gaulain, Pierre-François Perrigault, Florence Plantet, Nadège Rutter, Emmanuel Samain, Benoit Veber, Gérald Visquesnel

Affiliations

¹ Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Lariboisière hospital, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France. Electronic address: matthieu.ledorze@aphp.fr.
² Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Beaujon hospital, Paris Public Hospitals (AP-HP), 100, boulevard du Général Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
³ Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Rouen university hospital, 76000 Rouen, France.

PMID: 31356894
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.07.008

No abstract available

Keywords: End-of-life care; Euthanasia; Palliative sedation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Clinical Decision-Making
Death
Deep Sedation*
France
Humans
Intensive Care Units / legislation & jurisprudence*
Palliative Care
Terminal Care*