Palliative use of non-invasive ventilation in end-of-life patients with solid tumours: A randomised feasibility trial

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-227

  Nava, Stefano ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^b   Esquinas, Antonio ^c   Scala, Raffaele ^d   Groff, Paolo ^e   Cosentini, Roberto ^f   Guido, Davide ^g   Lin, Ching Hsiung ^h,j,k   Cuomo, Anna Maria ⁱ   Grassi, Mario ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^d Respiratory Ward and Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit   (Italy)

^e Madonna del Soccorso Hospital   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^h CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ IRCCS   (Italy)

^j CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^k CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORG SCALE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATOR; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SOLID TUMOR; SPAIN; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VENTILATOR;

AGED; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875263645     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70009-3     Document Type: Article

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