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Palliative Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 3, 237-243 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/026921639100500309

Does pharmacological treatment affect the sensation of breathlessness in terminal cancer patients?

F. de Conno

Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division, National Cancer Institute

E. Spoldi

Palliative Care Unit, USSL

A. Caraceni

Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

V. Ventafridda

Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

The authors review the pathophysiology, assessment and drug treatment of dyspnoea. Specific drug treatments discussed are theophylline, antiprostaglandins, benzodiazepines, phenothiazines, opioids and local anaesthetics.

Key Words: drug therapy • dyspnoea • neoplasms • palliative treatment


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