[Subcutaneous drug administration in palliative care].

Objective: Develop a guide that compiles all the information available in the literature for healthcare staff on the administration of drugs subcutaneously in palliative care patients of the Hospital Unit of home.

Method: It is designed a summary table of drugs likely to be administered subcutaneously in palliative care patients through the revision of the technical reports of the manufacturers and other literature published by scientific organizations, in addition to the literature search on Pubmed® and Micromedex®.

Results: We have reviewed 65 drugs and a guide has been developed of recommendations depending on whether there is information of his administration by subcutaneous or, if on the contrary, its use is contraindicated.

Conclusions: Although mainly manufacturers laboratories do not have data, information collected in this guide will allow the management of the subcutaneous route of some of the most commonly used medications in palliative care.