What constitutes good health care for patients with breathlessness? Perspectives of patients, caregivers, and health care professionals

M Schunk, F Schulze, C Bausewein - Journal of palliative medicine, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background/Objective: Breathlessness is a highly prevalent and distressing
symptom in patients with cancer and advanced chronic diseases. Symptom management is …

[HTML][HTML] The lived experience of breathlessness and its implications for care: a qualitative comparison in cancer, COPD, heart failure and MND

MH Gysels, IJ Higginson - BMC palliative care, 2011 - Springer
Background Breathlessness is one of the core symptoms, particularly persistent and
frequent, towards the end of life. There is no evidence of how the experience of …

Managing breathlessness in patients with lung cancer

L Cairns - Nursing Standard (through 2013), 2012 - search.proquest.com
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 …

Breathlessness in cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: using a qualitative approach to describe the experience of patients and carers

S Booth, S Silvester, C Todd - Palliative & supportive care, 2003 - cambridge.org
Objective: To investigate and document the effects of breathlessness on the everyday lives
of patients with cancer and COPD and their carers. This subject has been little researched …

Living with breathlessness: a survey of caregivers of breathless patients with lung cancer or heart failure

FA Malik, M Gysels, IJ Higginson - Palliative medicine, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in patients with advanced
disease. With increasing focus on home death for patients, carers are expected to support …

Managing breathlessness: a palliative care approach

C Chin, S Booth - Postgraduate medical journal, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Breathlessness is an important and common symptom globally, affecting patients with a
variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases. It causes considerable suffering to …

What Next in Refractory Breathlessness? Breathlessness? Research Questions for Palliative Care

M Maddocks, CC Reilly, C Jolley… - Journal of Palliative …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in advanced disease that causes
considerable disability for patients (1-3). For patients, their families, and their carers, it can …

Breathlessness in the primary care setting

N Baxter - Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Primary care practitioners and leaders must start to realize the importance of recognizing
and acting early in the life course of the person with breathlessness because its impact is …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and assessment of breathlessness in clinical practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

HL Elliott-Button, MJ Johnson, U Nwulu… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context Breathlessness is common in chronic conditions but often goes unidentified by
clinicians. It is important to understand how identification and assessment of breathlessness …

Integrated breathlessness services for people with chronic conditions

C Bausewein, P Schumacher… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Breathlessness services combine a variety of evidence-based nonpharmacological
interventions and some services also pharmacological interventions when physicians are …