Normal oxygen levels can miss severe breathlessness driven by carbon dioxide

A study led by biomedical scientist Erica Heinrich at the University of California, Riverside, highlights a critical gap in ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Severe Dyspnea Influences COPD Treatment Response, Confirms Benefit of Combination Therapy

When to begin maintenance therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with either a single drug, or a combination of long-acting bronchodilators, is not always clear. A new ...
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Dyspnea, respiratory drive lower with high-flow nasal therapy in orally intubated patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers assessed high-flow nasal therapy in two sequences. The changes in dyspnea and respiratory drive with ...
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Expert Calls for Sparing Use of Oxygen for Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

PARIS — Oxygen therapy is used too often in patients with respiratory difficulties, says one expert, and should only be given when oxygen saturation levels (SpO2) drop below 93%, as per the current ...
Medscape

Dyspnea in Advanced Cancer: 'Dying Long Before Death'

More than half of patients with advanced cancer have difficulty breathing, and this chronic dyspnea can be highly debilitating and challenging to manage, thanks to the lack of evidence-based treatment ...
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Buspirone treatment of dyspnea in outpatients receiving chemotherapy: A University of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program (URCC CCOP) study.

Effect of GTx-024, a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM), on physical function in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with cancer cachexia. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...
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Oral morphine versus oral midazolam as upfront therapy to relief dyspnea in ambulatory cancer patients while its underlying cause is sought or treated

Population-based prospective cohort study of psychosocial factors and survival of young Australian women with breast cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

A Breathtaking Discovery

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...
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Worsening dyspnea after asthma treatment common among World Trade Center responders

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cohort of firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center within 2 weeks of 9/11, worsening dyspnea ...