Objectives At the end of life oral fluid intake is often reduced. Consensus about the most
appropriate management for terminally ill patients with limited oral fluid intake is lacking. The …

Patients who are in the last few days of life are often too frail to take oral fluids and nutrition.
This may be due entirely to the natural history of their disease, although the use of sedative …

The health care literature was systematically searched to identify eligible articles using the
following methods: a search of MEDLINE from 1966 to March, 1996 using the Medical …

Cancer patients in the terminal phase of their disease often experience fluid deficits. This is
mainly due to their inability to ingest adequate amounts of oral fluids to meet the body's …

Variation in attitudes towards artificial hydration at the e... : Current Opinion in Supportive and
Palliative Care Variation in attitudes towards artificial hydration at the end of life: a systematic …

Objectives To investigate whether dying patients receiving parenteral fluids (PF) suffer from
more or less symptoms than patients who do not receive PF. Today's evidence on how PF …

Introduction Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms among patients at the end of life. In
palliative care today, there is a focus on mouth care to alleviate thirst. There are no …

Background Clinically assisted hydration (CAH) can be provided in the last days of life as
drinking declines. The impact of this practice on quality of life or survival in the last days of …

Background: Dying is ubiquitous, yet the optimal management of hydration in the terminal
phase is undetermined. Palliative care (PC) doctors' practices may act as a de facto …

Background: The care of patients in their last weeks of life is a fundamental palliative care
skill, but few evidence-based reviews have focused on this critical period. Method: A …