Non-pharmacological interventions for breathlessness in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Bausewein, Claudia ^a   Booth, Sara ^b   Gysels, Marjolein ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUPUNCTURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; VIBRATION; WALKING;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BREATHING EXERCISES; CASE MANAGEMENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELAXATION THERAPY; VIBRATION; WALKING;

EID: 84900758752     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005623.pub3     Document Type: Review

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