A Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding "Neurophysiological Assessments During Continuous Sedation Until Death Put Validity of Observational Assessments Into Question: A Prospective Observational Study"

Stefaan Six; Jan Poelaert; Steven Laureys; Olivier Maîresse; Peter Theuns; Johan Bilsen; Reginald Deschepper

doi:10.1007/s40122-022-00369-x

A Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding "Neurophysiological Assessments During Continuous Sedation Until Death Put Validity of Observational Assessments Into Question: A Prospective Observational Study"

Pain Ther. 2022 Jun;11(2):743-746. doi: 10.1007/s40122-022-00369-x. Epub 2022 Mar 12.

Authors

Stefaan Six¹, Jan Poelaert², Steven Laureys³, Olivier Maîresse⁴, Peter Theuns⁴, Johan Bilsen⁵, Reginald Deschepper⁵

Affiliations

¹ Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Jette, Belgium. stefaan.six@vub.be.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Jette, Belgium.
³ Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Centre and Neurology Department, University and University Hospital of Liège, Avenue de l'hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Jette, Belgium.

No abstract available

Keywords: Analgesia Nociception Index; Comfort assessment; Continuous sedation until death; Neurophysiological monitoring; Pain assessment; Palliative medicine; Palliative sedation; Unconsciousness; Wavelet anesthetic value.

Publication types

Letter