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Dyspnoea in advanced disease : a guide to clinical management /

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Other Authors: Booth, Sara (Consultant in palliative medicine), Dudgeon, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Dyspnea.
Dyspnea > Palliative treatment.
Dyspnea > complications.
Dyspnea > therapy.
Palliative Care.
Table of Contents:
  • The genesis of breathlessness : what do we understand?
  • Multidimensional assessment of dyspnea
  • Breathlessness in heart failure
  • Dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
  • Breathlessness in advanced cancer
  • Breathlessness in neurological disease
  • Breathlessness in children
  • Respiratory muscle function in breathlessness
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation
  • Surgical interventions to improve dyspnoea
  • Non-pharmacological approaches
  • Oxygen in the palliation of breathlessness
  • Pharmacological approaches to breathlessness-- A palliative approach to the breathless patient