Enquiry into Practice: Management of Terminal Catastrophic Intracranial Haemorrhage in Palliative Care

Anna Smith

doi:10.21307/ajon-2017-116

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Enquiry into Practice: Management of Terminal Catastrophic Intracranial Haemorrhage in Palliative Care

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

Volume 25 (2015): Issue 2 (October 2015)

By: Anna Smith

Open Access

|Jan 2018

Abstract

The management of terminal catastrophic haemorrhage is a rare clinical palliative emergency for which the management is based largely on anecdotal and experiential guidelines, with no high grade evidence but rather robust contention and controversy. Whilst often rapid and deadly, inevitably dramatic and devastating for the treating health professionals and family, the key management areas include risk identification, supportive practices, the use of sedative medication and the ethical issues faced in the management of terminal haemorrhage.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2017-116 | Journal eISSN: 2208-6781 | Journal ISSN: 1032-335X

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Language: English

Page range: 20 - 24

Published on: Jan 10, 2018

Published by: Australasian Neuroscience Nurses Association

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

Terminal catastrophic bleed,

fatal intracranial haemorrhage,

palliative care emergency,

crisis medications,

supportive measures

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Medicine,

Basic medical science,

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Volume 25 (2015): Issue 2 (October 2015)