Open AccessPredictors of dyspnea in patients with advanced cancer
Author(s) -
Erin McKenzie,
Matthew Hwang,
Stephanie Chan,
Liying Zhang,
Pearl Zaki,
May Tsao,
Elizabeth Barnes,
Yasmeen Razvi,
Leah Drost,
Caitlin Yee,
Edward Chow
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2018.06.09
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , lung cancer , cancer , emergency medicine
More than 70% of patients with advanced cancer experience dyspnea. Dyspnea is predictive of shorter survival and interferes with quality of life (QOL). The present study aimed to identify predictors of the presence and severity of dyspnea in advanced cancer patients.