A Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding “Neurophysiological Assessments During Continuous Sedation Until Death Put Validity of Observational Assessments Into Question: A Prospective Observational Study”
Six, S.; Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Jette, 1090, Belgium
Poelaert, J.; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Jette, 1090, Belgium
Laureys, Steven ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Centre du Cerveau²
Maîresse, O.; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Theuns, P.; Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Bilsen, J.; Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Jette, 1090, Belgium
Deschepper, R.; Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Jette, 1090, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
A Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding “Neurophysiological Assessments During Continuous Sedation Until Death Put Validity of Observational Assessments Into Question: A Prospective Observational Study”
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Pain and Therapy
ISSN :
2193-8237
eISSN :
2193-651X
Publisher :
Adis
Volume :
11
Issue :
2
Pages :
743 - 746
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
No funding or sponsorship was received for this study or publication of this letter. All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published. SS: conceptualization and design, writing-original draft. JP: writing-original draft, writing-review and editing. SL: writing-review and editing. OM: writing-review and editing. PT: writing-review and editing. JB: writing-review and editing. RD: writing-review and editing. Stefaan Six, Jan Poelaert, Steven Laureys, Olivier Maîresse, Peter Theuns, Johan Bilsen, and Reginald Deschepper have nothing to disclose. This article is based on previously conducted studies and does not contain any new studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
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