Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Palliative Care of Dyspnea in Patients with Advanced COPD
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Palliative Care of Dyspnea in Patients with Advanced COPD is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites, they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.
After reading this issue of Elder Care, you should be able to...
- List the three key medications used for palliation of dyspnea in patients with end-stage COPD
- State the indication for prescribing benzodiazepines for palliation of dyspnea in end-stage COPD
- List three non-pharmacological beside interventions for palliation of dyspnea
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