All physicians should be prepared to manage dyspnea, especially during the coronavirus
disease 2019 pandemic. 1 Dyspnea, a subjective experience of uncomfortable …

Methods Due to the pressing need to relieve dyspnea with COVID-19, the palliative
symptom management experts in our institution reviewed the current evidence and …

Abstract Northern New Jersey was inside one of the worst initial coronavirus disease 2019
pandemic epicenters in the United States. At the peak of the pandemic surge in mid-April …

Background Dyspnea is the sensation of breathing discomfort or an uncomfortable
awareness of breathing (see Fast Fact# 27 on acute dyspnea at the end of life). Chronic …

Outcomes 1. Identify the most effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment
options for dyspnea management at the end of life 2. Identify an emerging management …

standard for managing dyspnea. If the resident is not receiving opioids, consider starting low-
dose opioids such as morphine or hydromorphone subcutaneously every 30 minutes, as …

Dyspnea is among the most prevalent, variable, and difcult to manage symptoms arising in
hospice/palliative care clinical practice; its complexity introduces a host of ethical issues …

Dyspnea is a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of qualitatively
distinct sensations, varies in intensity, and can only be known through the patient's report …

Letters to the Editor Dyspnea Review for the Palliative Care Professional: Treatment Goals
and Therapeutic Options Page 1 Letters to the Editor Dyspnea Review for the Palliative Care …

Modern medicine has markedly changed the way people die. In the early 1900s people
usually had a short period of illness prior to a rapid decline and death. Advances in public …