Background Respiratory medicine (RM) and palliative care (PC) physicians' management of
chronic breathlessness in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), fibrotic …

Context: Patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can
develop increasing breathlessness, which can persist despite optimal medical management …

Background Chronic breathlessness is a disabling symptom that is often under‐recognised
and challenging to treat despite optimal disease‐directed therapy. Low‐dose, oral opioids …

The disease trajectory in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be long and
uncertain, making it difficult to identify when patients are at the end-stage of the disease …

In people with COPD breathlessness is a common symptom and if mistreated can result in
poor physical health and reduced quality of life. While it is important to manage the …

This study explored the approaches of respiratory and palliative medicine specialists to
managing the chronic breathlessness syndrome in patients with severe chronic obstructive …

Refractory breathlessness is common and undertreated in patients with advanced COPD.
Dyspnoea management is often complex and may include opioids, however there is a …

Chronic breathlessness is a distinct clinical syndrome defined as “breathlessness that
persists despite an optimal use of the therapeutic resources available to treat the underlying …

Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a
tertiary referral hospital, which provides a unique integrated palliative and respiratory care …

Background Breathlessness is a debilitating and distressing symptom in a wide variety of
diseases and still a difficult symptom to manage. An integrative review of systematic reviews …