Dyspnoea in advanced disease a guide to clinical management / edited by Sara Booth, Deborah Dudgeon.

Other author Booth, Sara, Dr.
Other author Dudgeon, Deborah.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents The genesis of breathlessness : what do we understand? / Douglas Beach and Richard M. Schwartzstein -- Multidimensional assessment of dyspnea / Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman and Deborah Dudgeon -- Breathlessness in heart failure / David P. Dutka and Miriam J. Johnson -- Dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder / Michelle M. Peters and Denis E. O'Donnell -- Breathlessness in advanced cancer / Deborah Dudgeon -- Breathlessness in neurological disease / Fliss Murtagh, Rachel Burman and Polly Edmonds -- Breathlessness in children / Stephen Liben -- Respiratory muscle function in breathlessness / Michael Polkey --
Contents Pulmonary rehabilitation / Nha Voduc, Katherine Webb and Denis E. O'Donnell -- Surgical interventions to improve dyspnoea / Andrew J. Drain and Francis C. Wells -- Non-pharmacological approaches / Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman -- Oxygen in the palliation of breathlessness / Anna Spathis, Rosemary Wade and Sara Booth -- Pharmacological approaches to breathlessness / David C. Currow -- A palliative approach to the breathless patient / Sara Booth and Deborah Dudgeon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005016392
ISBN019853003X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780198530039