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End-stage respiratory disease: managing distressing symptoms
Publication details
Rasha Al-Qurainy MD, MRCP(UK), Philip Lodge MBBS, MRCGP
Foundation Years Journal, volume 3, issue 9, p.54 (123Doc Education, London, November 2010)
Abstract
Respiratory disease is a major cause of mortality in the UK. The symptom burden is often underestimated and is comparable to the symptoms of malignant disease. End stage respiratory disease is often marked by a slow, relentless decline with prolonged periods of disability secondary to dyspnoea, reduced exercise tolerance and multiple hospital admissions. The main symptom encountered is breathlessness which can be challenging to manage. The following article describes the issues faced by a patient suffering from end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and offers guidance for the management of distressing symptoms.
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Authors
Rasha Al-Qurainy MD, MRCP(UK)
ST4 Palliative Medicine
Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead
London
Philip Lodge MBBS, MRCGP
Consultant Palliative Medicine
ST4 Palliative Medicine
Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead
London
References
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3. Jennings, A, et al. Opioids for palliation of breathlessness in terminal disease. Cochrane review http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD002066/frame.html
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