Dyspnea in palliative care patients

Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 109-127

  Tyler, L S ^a   Lipman, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air hunger; Albuterol; Algorithm; Aminophylline; Anticholinergic agents; Atropine; Benzodiazepines; Breathing; Bronchodilators; Chlorpromazine; Continous infusion; Corticosteroids; Costs; Dexamethasone; Diazepam; Diuretics; Drug therapy; Dying; Dyspnea; Etiology; Evidence; Furosemide; Hyoscyamine; Iproatro pium; Lidocaine; Local anesthetics; Morphine; Nebulized; Non pharmacological therapy; Opioids; Oxygen; Palliative care; Phenothiazines; Prednisone; Promethazine; Steroids; Supportive care; Systematic review; Terminal care; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYOSCYAMINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PHENOTHIAZINE; PREDNISONE; PROMETHAZINE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

BREATHING; DRUG COST; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SECRETION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033304070     PISSN: 10564950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j088v07n04_09     Document Type: Review

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