[HTML][HTML] Should opioids be used for breathlessness and in whom? A PRO and CON debate of the evidence

M Ekström, DJA Janssen - Current opinion in supportive and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Should opioids be used for breathlessness and in whom? A PRO... : Current Opinion in
Supportive and Palliative Care Should opioids be used for breathlessness and in whom? A …

[HTML][HTML] Breathlessness assessment, management and impact in the intensive care unit: a rapid review and narrative synthesis

BR Richardson, M Decavèle, A Demoule… - Annals of Intensive …, 2024 - Springer
Background Adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) commonly experience distressing
symptoms and other concerns such as pain, delirium, and breathlessness. Breathlessness …

[HTML][HTML] Australian population norms for health-related quality of life measured using the EQ-5D–5L, and relationships with sociodemographic characteristics

L Redwood, D Currow, S Kochovska… - Quality of Life Research, 2024 - Springer
Background Measuring health related quality-of-life (HRQoL) of the general population is
essential to establish a reference for health outcome evaluations. This study sought to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the experience of breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM)

KN Johnston, R Burgess, S Kochovska, MT Williams - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health
conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help …

[HTML][HTML] The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians' experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice

J Brown, I Miller, M Barnes-Harris, MJ Johnson… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The handheld fan ('fan') is useful for chronic breathlessness management,
however little is known about clinicians' implementation of the fan in clinical practice. Aim To …

[HTML][HTML] Which breathlessness dimensions associate most strongly with fatigue?–The population-based VASCOL study of elderly men

L Cristea, M Olsson, J Sandberg, S Kochovska… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Breathlessness and fatigue are common symptoms in older people. We aimed
to evaluate how different breathlessness dimensions (overall intensity, unpleasantness …

Hiding in plain sight: the evolving definition of chronic breathlessness and new ICD-11 wording

S Kochovska, M Ekström… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The International Classification of Disease (ICD-11) has adopted three timeframes for
dyspnoea: acute, subacute and chronic, the latter despite underlying causes being optimally …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality intervention alleviates dyspnoea in patients recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia

S Betka, OA Kannape, J Fasola, F Lance… - ERJ Open …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Immersive virtual reality (iVR)-based digital therapeutics are gaining clinical
attention in the field of pain management. Based on known analogies between pain and …

European Respiratory Society Clinical Practice Guideline on symptom management for adults with serious respiratory illness

AE Holland, A Spathis, K Marsaa… - European …, 2024 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Respiratory symptoms are ubiquitous and impair health-related quality of life in people with
respiratory disease. This European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force aimed to provide …

Breathlessness limiting exertion in very old adults: findings from the Newcastle 85+ study

MJ Johnson, L Pitel, DC Currow, C Forbes… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Long-term breathlessness is more common with age. However, in the oldest old
(> 85 years), little is known about the prevalence, or impact of breathlessness. We estimated …