Things We Do for No Reason™: Opioid infusions as initial therapy for symptoms at the end of life

Are opioid infusions used inappropriately at end of life? Results from a quality/safety project

(2022) Jonathan C. Yeh et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

“Palliative Syringe Driver”? A Mixed-Methods Study in Different Hospital Departments on Continuous Infusions of Sedatives and/or Opioids in End-of-Life Care

(2021) Sophie Meesters et al.   Journal of Patient Safety

Meaningful Communication Before Death, but Not Present at the Time of Death Itself, Is Associated With Better Outcomes on Measures of Depression and Complicated Grief Among Bereaved Family Members of Cancer Patients

(2017) Hiroyuki Otani et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital

(2015) Craig D. Blinderman et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Epidemiology of Pain During the Last 2 Years of Life

(2013) Alexander K. Smith et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Missed Opportunities: Use of an End-of-Life Symptom Management Order Protocol among Inpatients Dying Expected Deaths

(2011) Anne M. Walling et al.   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE