[Emergency care for patients in palliative situations--algorithm for decision-making and recommendations for treatment].

Corinna Makowski, Hartwig Marung, Andreas Callies, Peter Knacke, Thoralf Kerner

Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie · 2013-03-01 · Other / unclear

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Abstract

Emergency care for patients in palliative situations is not a rare event, but often difficult to handle, because training in palliative care for emergency physicians is often insufficient. This article proposes an algorithm that should facilitate the decision-making process in such emergencies. In addition, recommendations concerning the management of symptoms in the emergency medical services are presented.