Palliation of breathlessness

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-136

  Brown, Duncan J F ^a  

^a St Columba's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Breathlessness; Cancer; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnoea; End of life; Opioids; Oxygen; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHANGITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANIC; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TERMINAL DISEASE; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 33646086227     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-2-133     Document Type: Review

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