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Table 5 Number of participants who reported using or wanting to use a medication (grouped by pharmacological class)

From: Continuous palliative sedation until death: a qualitative study of palliative care clinicians’ experiences

Medications

N (%)

Benzodiazepines

 

• Midazolam

• Lorazepam

21 (75)

7 (25)

Phenothiazines

 

• Methotrimeprazine

15 (53.6)

Opioids

 

• Hydromorphone

• Fentanyl

2 (7.1)

6 (21.4)

General anaesthetics

 

• Propofol

• Ketamine

5 (17.9)

7 (25.0)

Barbiturates

 

• Phenobarbital

11 (39.3)

Anticholinergics

 

• Scopolamine

6 (21.4)

Antipsychotics

 

• Haloperidol

3 (10.7)

Antihistamines

 

• Diphenhydramine

2 (7.1)

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

 

• Ketorolac

1 (3.6)

Beta blockers

 

• Metoprolol

1 (3.6)

Antiemetics

 

• Dimenhydrinate

1 (3.6)

Sedatives

 

• Dexmedetomidine

1 (3.6)