End of life in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: take care of death

Pasquale Buonanno; Maria Vargas; Annachiara Marra; Carmine Iacovazzo; Giuseppe Servillo

doi:10.23750/abm.v91i4.10344

End of life in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: take care of death

Authors

Pasquale Buonanno a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:114:"Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy";}
Maria Vargas Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Annachiara Marra Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Carmine Iacovazzo Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Giuseppe Servillo Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i4.10344

Keywords:

COVID-19, end-of-life, Palliative sedation, Palliative care

Abstract

References

Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet 2020;395(10223):497–506.

Downar J, Seccareccia D; Associated Medical Services Inc. Educational Fellows in Care at the End of Life. Palliating a pandemic: "all patients must be cared for". J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Feb;39(2):291-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.241.

Hendin A, La Rivière CG, Williscroft DM, O'Connor E, Hughes J, Fischer LM1. End-of-life care in the emergency department for the patient imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection (such as COVID-19). CJEM. 2020 Mar 26:1-4. doi: 10.1017/cem.2020.352. [Epub ahead of print]

Maltoni M, Scarpi E, Nanni O. Palliative sedation in end-of-life care. Curr Opin Oncol. 2013 Jul;25(4):360-7. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3283622c47.

Maltoni M, Pittureri C, Scarpi E, Piccinini L, Martini F, Turci P, et al. Palliative sedation therapy does not hasten death: results from a prospective multicenter study. Ann Oncol 2009;20:1163-9.

Downloads

Published

10-11-2020

Issue

Vol. 91 No. 4 (2020): Vol. 91 No. 4 (2020): COVID-19 Update

Section

CORRESPONDENCE - SPECIAL COVID19

License

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Transfer of Copyright and Permission to Reproduce Parts of Published Papers.
Authors retain the copyright for their published work. No formal permission will be required to reproduce parts (tables or illustrations) of published papers, provided the source is quoted appropriately and reproduction has no commercial intent. Reproductions with commercial intent will require written permission and payment of royalties.

How to Cite

Buonanno P, Vargas M, Marra A, Iacovazzo C, Servillo G. End of life in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: take care of death. Acta Biomed. 2020;91(4):e2020153. doi:10.23750/abm.v91i4.10344

Download Citation