Effects of Antibiotics on Respiratory Symptoms in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients With Pneumonia: A Multicenter Cohort Study.

Takuya OdagiriIsseki Maedanull Masanori MoriTatsuya MoritaKeisuke Kaneishinull Junko Nozatonull Kazuhiro KosugiTakahiro HigashibataScott MurrayJunichi ShimoinabaTomohiro NishiNatsuki Kawashima

Published in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2022)

Antibiotics may relieve respiratory symptoms from pneumonia in approximately half of the terminally ill cancer patients. PPI and respiratory rate are useful to identify the patients who received benefits of antibiotics.

Keyphrases

respiratory tract
papillary thyroid
sleep quality
cross sectional
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
clinical trial
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
young adults
lymph node metastasis
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation