What Interventions Are Effective for Managing Dyspnea in People With Cancer?

David C. Currow; Diana H. Ferreira

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-84702-5.00015-4

What Interventions Are Effective for Managing Dyspnea in People With Cancer?

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Abstract

Dyspnea is a common and disabling symptom experienced by a majority of patients with cancer, especially as disease advances and they approach the end of life. Strategies aimed at reversing anatomical and physiological causes may relieve dyspnea and represent a first target of intervention. When underlying causes cannot be modified, global therapies focused on symptom relief should be enlisted; these also can be employed in conjunction with disease-targeted approaches. This chapter reviews both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments to be used in dyspnea in patients with cancer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine, Second Edition
Editors	Nathan E. Goldstein, Christopher D. Woodrell, R. Sean Morrison
Place of Publication	Philadelphia, PA
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	15
Pages	121-130
Number of pages	10
Edition	Second edition
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323847025
ISBN (Print)	9780323847032
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-84702-5.00015-4
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

air anxiety
breathlessness
dyspnea
hospice
morphine
oxygen
shortness of breath

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What Interventions Are Effective for Managing Dyspnea in People With Cancer? / Currow, David C.; Ferreira, Diana H.
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine, Second Edition. ed. / Nathan E. Goldstein; Christopher D. Woodrell; R. Sean Morrison. Second edition. ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2023. p. 121-130.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review