95 Syndrome of Imminent Death

  • Early
    • Bed-bound
    • Loss of interest
    • Loss of ability to eat/drink
    • Increased time sleeping
    • +/ – delirium
  • Middle
    • Obtunded
    • Oral secretions (“rattle”)
  • Late
    • Coma
    • Fever
    • Aspiration
    • Altered respiratory pattern
    • Mottling

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