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All patients had previously been diagnosed with ARDS, were chemically paralyzed, and were sedated.
For non-sedated patients we used the worst value in the first 24 hours; for sedated patients we used the pre-sedation GCS.
Though we could not make a clear differentiation between primary (when patients want to be sedated approaching the moment of death) and secondary sedation (when sedation results as a "side-effect" in otherwise refractory symptom control [ 46 ] , it must be clear to all, that the intention of sedation in the terminal and final phase is not a concealed form of euthanasia [ 47 ] . Under ethical aspects the requests for sedation to reduce consciousness to a state of unawareness need an individual and balanced approach, especially when the wish for sedation is not connected with the intolerability of physical or psychological distress This makes it necessary to discuss the problem of "terminal sedation" like other forms of therapeutic and existential support with patients and family members at an early stage in palliative care.
- All patients had effective and sufficient pain control, but in those patients who were sedated in the last 48 hrs of life, burdensome dyspnoea, panic-stricken anxiety and agitated delirium had increased during the stay (Figure 2).
Concentrating on communicated comfort as the main indicator for the value of this option means also, that in the care of the sedated patients personal support played an important role.