The frequency and correlates of dyspnea in patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Schmitz, Bonnie ^b   Pither, James ^b   Neumann, Catherine M ^b   Hanson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dyspnea; Palliative; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0034086896     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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