Example sentences for: sedation

How can you use “sedation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The ethical dilemmas and the possibilities to abuse sedation by turning it in a form of medicalised killing [ 33 34 ] are important aspects that seem to restrict the administration of sedatives in terminally ill patients.

  • Special interest was given to patients' attitudes and frequency of request for sedation in the final phase as documented in the medical records or in advance directives.

  • The wide variations in frequency to choose sedation as an procedure in end-of-life care across different centres suggest different attitudes of doctors and policies of institutions rather than the patients' preferences or needs [ 26 ] . The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate reasons for the request and the application of sedation in terminal situations in our palliative care unit in the years 1995-2002, and the relevance of guidelines.

  • The concentration on comfort and symptom alleviation by titrating the sedative medication to a level that allows assessment and communication are important aspects which should be considered in the ongoing discussion on sedation in the last stages of life.

  • We performed a systematic retrospective analysis of the charts of all patients who received continuous or intermittent sedation by the administration of benzodiazepines intravenously within the last 48 hrs before death in the Palliative Care Unit (PCU) of GK Havelhöhe between 1995 and 2002.


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