Palliative sedation and analgesia in the terminally ill children. Report of two cases and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Velasco Pérez Georgina, Garduño Espinosa Armando
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría 2014-07-01
• Series: Acta Pediátrica de México
• Subjects: Fase agónica; sedación; analgesia paliativa; midazolam; morfina
• Online Access: http://ojs.actapediatrica.org.mx/index.php/APM/article/view/605

We present the case of two children with cancer in the final stage of life, we describe the treatment given in this phase based on palliative sedation and analgesia to provide comfort to the patients and to offer calm to their relatives. We reviewed the literature information on support of sedation and analgesia at this stage of life, and the use of drugs such as midazolam and morphine. With the information provided in this article we expect physicians to convince themselves that opportune sedation and analgesia are useful and beneficial at the terminal stage of life.