Mouthpiece ventilation in the management of dyspnea: A single-arm pilot study.

Juho T LehtoSirpa Leivo-KorpelaTarja KorhonenHeidi A RantalaHanna RaunioTiina Lyly-YrjänäinenLauri Lehtimäki

Published in: Palliative medicine (2020)

Mouthpiece ventilation is feasible and may relieve dyspnea in some patients with an advanced disease. Further studies are needed, and these might concentrate on stable patients in early palliative care. Before initiation, this study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov (study no. NCT03012737).

Keyphrases

palliative care
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
advanced cancer
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
patient reported outcomes
acute respiratory distress syndrome