Nebulized lidocaine for intractable cough near the end of life

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 301-302

  Lingerfelt, Brian M ^a   Swainey, Craig W ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Coyne, Patrick J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; BITTER TASTE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEBULIZATION; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARYNX DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AEROSOL; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 35248819318     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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