Oxygen is nonbeneficial for most patients who are near death

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-523

  Campbell, Margaret L ^a   Yarandi, Hossein ^a   Dove Medows, Emily ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dying; dyspnea; Oxygen therapy; palliation; respiratory distress; terminal illness

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL CANNULA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84875208867     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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