Palliative and end-of-life care for patients with chronic heart failure and chronic lung disease

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

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-289

  Johnson, Miriam J ^a   Booth, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Chronic heart failure; Chronic lung disease; End of life; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYPHARMACY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952993553     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-3-286     Document Type: Review

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