Year | n | Place | Percent sedated for refractory symptoms | Reference | |
Ventafridda | 1990 | 120 | Home | 52 | 1 |
Fainsinger | 1991 | 100 | Inpatient (IP) | 16 | 2 |
Morita | 1996 | 143 | Hospice | 43 | 3 |
Stone | 1997 | 115 | IP and home | 26 | 4 |
Fainsinger | 1998 | 76 | IP hospice | 30 | 5 |
Chiu | 2001 | 251 | IP palliative care | 28 | 6 |
Muller Busch | 2002 | 548 | IP palliative care | 14 | 7 |
Sykes | 2003 | 237 | Hospice | 48 | 8 |
Morita | 2004 | Multicenter | <10 to 50 | 9 | |
Kohara | 2005 | 124 | IP palliative care | 50 | 10 |
Vitetta | 2005 | 102 | Hospice | 67 | 11 |
Rietjens | 2008 | 157 | IP palliative care | 43 | 12 |
Maltoni | 2009 | 518 | Multicenter | 25 | 13 |
Mercendante | 2009 | 77 | IP palliative care | 54 | 14 |