Effectiveness of a hand-held fan for breathlessness: A randomised phase II trial

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bausewein, Claudia ^a   Booth, Sara ^b   Gysels, Marjolein ^a,c   Kühnbach, Robert ^d   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND HELD FAN; HUMAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BORG SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST; WRISTBAND;

EID: 77957924312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-9-22     Document Type: Article

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