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ReviewEuropean cardiology2023

Dyspnea in Oncological Patients: a Brain Teaser.

Kalliopi Keramida, Athanasios Kostoulas

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Review in European cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Randomized Controlled Trial of a Nurse-Led Brief Behavioral Intervention for Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024
    Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Making Sense of Dyspnea in Interstitial Lung Disease.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025
    Article
  5. Cardio-oncology in 2022.European cardiology · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kalliopi KeramidaCardiology Department, General Anti-Cancer Oncological Hospital, Agios Savvas Athens, Greece.
Athanasios KostoulasRespiratory Medicine Private Practice Ioannina, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dyspnea is one of the most common symptoms in oncological patients with greater prevalence in lung cancer and advanced disease states. Causes of dyspnea can be directly or indirectly associated with cancer, anti-neoplastic therapies and comorbidities unrelated to cancer. Routine screening of dyspnea is suggested for all oncological patients by using unidimensional, simple scales and multidimensional tools to capture more domains affected by this symptom and to assess the effectiveness of interventions. The first step in the treatment algorithm of dyspnea is the identification of potentially reversible causes; if no specific cause is depicted, symptomatic treatment with non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions is suggested. Referral to palliative care and continuous palliative sedation are the last resort in patients with a very limited life expectancy of not more than a few days for symptomatic relief and to decrease of the distress of patients and caregivers.

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breathlessnesscancerDyspneapalliative carepatient-reported outcome measures

Identifiers

PMID36844934
PMCPMC9947930

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