Quality of dying and death in patients with interstitial lung disease compared with lung cancer: an observational study.
Takafumi KoyauchiYuzo SuzukiKazuki SatoHironao HozumiMasato KarayamaKazuki FuruhashiTomoyuki FujisawaNoriyuki EnomotoYutaro NakamuraNaoki InuiKoshi YokomuraShiro ImokawaHidenori NakamuraTatsuya MoritaTakafumi SudaPublished in: Thorax (2020)
Patients with ILD had lower QODD and poorer access to palliative care and decision making than those with LC. Additional efforts to improve QODD in patients with ILD, particularly in symptom relief and decision-making processes, are urgently warranted.