There is increased awareness of palliative care needs in people with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung disease (ILD). This European Respiratory …

Context Chronic or refractory breathlessness is common and distressing. To evaluate new
treatments, outcome measures that capture change in patients' experience are needed …

Background Breathlessness is a common symptom in people with advanced disease. The
most effective treatments are aimed at treating the underlying cause of the breathlessness …

Table 1. Management of specific causes of breathlessness. 5 cause muscle weakness and
may need to be stopped or reduced in dose. Some patients may have multiple causes of …

Breathlessness is one of the most common and difficult symptoms to manage in advanced
cancer. Despite the development of non-pharmacological interventions and a shift away …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the third leading cause of death
worldwide by 2020. The burdens of this increasingly prevalent illness borne by patients …

Breathlessness is a frightening symptom to both witness and experience. It is common in
many conditions, especially in the palliative setting, profoundly affecting the quality of the …

Breathlessness or “shortness of breath,” medically termed dyspnea, is a common and
distressing symptom featuring strongly in advanced lung, cardiac, and neuromuscular …

Context: Use of palliative care interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) has increased in recent years and inclusion criteria used to identify patients with …

Breathlessness is quite ubiquitous in our community. It is a highly prevalent symptom
affecting a wide range of people across the whole community [1]. The natural history of …