Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease
Sam H. Ahmedzai and Martin F. Muers
Abstract
Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress, which adversely affects the patient's quality of life. In recent years, there has been significant growth in the palliation of respiratory symptoms, leading to practical ways of giving relief in hospices, hospitals, and at home. This book includes non-malignant respiratory diseases, such as tuberculosis ... More
Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress, which adversely affects the patient's quality of life. In recent years, there has been significant growth in the palliation of respiratory symptoms, leading to practical ways of giving relief in hospices, hospitals, and at home. This book includes non-malignant respiratory diseases, such as tuberculosis in AIDS patients and cystic fibrosis, and focuses on aetiology and diagnosis and management, emphasising symptoms, quality of life, and psychosocial support. Its underlying theme is the application of modern research-based knowledge, in a humane way, for patients with advancing disease.
Keywords:
respiratory symptoms,
breathlessness,
cough,
patients,
advancing disease,
incurable disease,
cancer,
cardiac disease,
pulmonary disease,
neuromuscular disorders
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2005 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780192631411 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192631411.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Sam H. Ahmedzai, editor
Professor of Palliative Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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Martin F. Muers, editor
Respiratory Physician, Leeds General Infirmary, and Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, UK
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