Characterizing episodic breathlessness in patients with advanced disease

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1275-1279

  Weingärtner, Vera ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^b,c   Higginson, Irene J ^c   Scheve, Christine ^d   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^c   Voltz, Raymond ^a   Simon, Steffen T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Palliative Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EPISODIC BREATHLESSNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885768020     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0087     Document Type: Article

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