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In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient) is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of a sedative ...
Death rattle. A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone who is near death. [ 1] It is caused by an accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions in the throat and upper airways. [ 2] Those who are dying may lose their ability to swallow and may have increased production of bronchial secretions, resulting in ...
Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy. Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy ( CSE) is a condition induced by long-term exposure to organic solvents, often—but not always—in the workplace, that lead to a wide variety of persisting sensorimotor polyneuropathies and neurobehavioral deficits even after solvent exposure has been removed. [ 1 ...
End-of-life care. End-of-life care ( EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks. [ 1][ 2] EoLC is ...
Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [ 1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. [ 2][ 3] It has been reported by physicians ...
A complex hormonal connection. During menopause, your body and brain undergo some radical shifts that can contribute to the development of an eating disorder. New hormone fluctuations not only ...
It is normal for many of us to feel bad for someone when they share emotional or deeper things." 2. Guilt-tripping. Some people go paddle boarding. Emotional manipulators take you on a guilt trip ...
Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper and plastic substrates. [ 1] Inkjet printers were the most commonly used type of printer in 2008, [ 2] and range from small inexpensive consumer models to expensive professional machines.