Management of chronic cough in patients receiving palliative care: Review of evidence and recommendations by a task group of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 780-787

  Wee, Bee ^a   Browning, Juliet ^b   Adams, Astrid ^c   Benson, Debbie ^d   Howard, Paul ^e   Klepping, Gwen ^c   Molassiotis, Alex ^f   Taylor, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d West Midlands Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^e Sue Ryder   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antitussive agents; cough; palliative care; practice guideline; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CODEINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC COUGH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IRELAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863687554     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311423793     Document Type: Article

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