Uniform definition of continuous-deep sedation

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Palliative Care Team, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan; Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Electronic address: tmorita@sis.seirei.or.jp.
• ² Department of Palliative Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
• ³ Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
• ⁴ Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.