ReviewJournal of palliative medicine2012
Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: treatment goals and therapeutic options.
Review in Journal of palliative medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systemic corticosteroids for the management of cancer-related breathlessness (dyspnoea) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Non-invasive neuromodulation for alleviating dyspnoea: protocol for a feasibility sham-controlled randomised trial.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Improved Symptom Change Enhances Quality of Dying in Patients With Advanced Cancer: An East Asian Cross-Cultural Study.The oncologist · 2024Article
- Nurses' perceptions to alleviate dyspnoea in inpatients with advanced cancer while receiving palliative care.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Non-pharmacological Management in Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced COPD.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Differences in Characteristics, Hospital Care, and Outcomes between Acute Critically Ill Emergency Department Patients Receiving Palliative Care and Usual Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Management of Intractable Symptoms in Oncologic Care.Current oncology reports · 2021Review
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A respiratory disorder?Current research in physiology · 2021Review
- End-of-life care in patients with a highly transmissible respiratory virus: implications for COVID-19.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2020Review
- Management of dyspnea in palliative care.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2020Article
- End-of-Life Care for Neonates: Assessing and Addressing Pain and Distressing Symptoms.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Minimally invasive palliative interventions in advanced lung cancer.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2018Review
- Impact of dyspnea on advanced cancer patients referred to a palliative radiotherapy clinic.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Article
- Hospice in heart failure: why, when, and what then?Heart failure reviews · 2017Review
- Lower Patient Ratings of Physician Communication Are Associated With Unmet Need for Symptom Management in Patients With Lung and Colorectal Cancer.Journal of oncology practice · 2016Article
- [Dyspnea, itching and depression in palliative medicine].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Article
- Sequential occurrence of dyspnea at the end of life in palliative care, according to the underlying cancer.Cancer medicine · 2015Observational
- Is breathlessness what the professional says it is? Analysis of patient and professionals' assessments from a German nationwide register.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Article
- [Perioperative care of palliative patients by the anesthetist : medical, psychosocial and ethical challenges].Der Anaesthesist · 2013Review
- Clinical pearls in palliative medicine 2012.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2012Article
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Abstract
Although dyspnea is frequently encountered in the palliative care setting, its optimal management remains uncertain. Clinical approaches begin with accurate assessment, as delineated in part one of this two-part series. Comprehensive dyspnea assessment, which encompasses the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of this complex symptom, guide the clinician in choosing therapeutic approaches herein presented as part two. Global management of dyspnea is appropriate both as complementary to disease-targeted treatments that target the underlying etiology, and as the sole focus when the symptom has become intractable, disease is maximally treated, and goals of care shift to comfort and quality of life. In this setting, current evidence supports the use of oral or parenteral opioids as the mainstay of dyspnea management, and of inhaled furosemide and anxiolytics as adjuncts. Nonpharmacologic interventions such as acupuncture and pulmonary rehabilitation have potential effectiveness, although further research is needed, and use of a simple fan warrants consideration given its potential benefit and minimal burden and cost.
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