<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

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

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

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The management of terminal catastrophic haemorrhage is a rare clinical palliative emergency for which the management is based largely on anecdotal and...

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

Published Online: Jan 10, 2018

Page range: 20 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2017-116

Keywords
Terminal catastrophic bleed, fatal intracranial haemorrhage, palliative care emergency, crisis medications, supportive measures

© 2018 Anna Smith et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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

Published Online: Jan 10, 2018

Page range: 20 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2017-116

KeywordsTerminal catastrophic bleed, fatal intracranial haemorrhage, palliative care emergency, crisis medications, supportive measures

© 2018 Anna Smith et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Terminal catastrophic bleed, fatal intracranial haemorrhage, palliative care emergency, crisis medications, supportive measures