Non-invasive ventilation for end-of-life oncology patients

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Azoulay, Elie ^a   Kouatchet, Achille ^b   Jaber, Samir ^c   Meziani, Ferhat ^d   Papazian, Laurent ^e   Brochard, Laurent ^f   Demoule, Alexandre ^g  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^e University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYGEN;

BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEDATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876964982     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70141-4     Document Type: Letter

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