Open AccessEffect of palliative bronchoscopic interventions on symptom burden in patients with central airway narrowing: A retrospective review
Author(s) -
Anuja Pandit,
Nishkarsh Gupta,
Vinod Kumar,
Sachidanand Jee Bharati,
Rakesh Garg,
Karan Madan,
Seema Mishra,
Sushma Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_165_18
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , palliative care , retrospective cohort study , airway , intervention (counseling) , mechanical ventilation , airway obstruction , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , anesthesia , nursing
Early integration of palliative interventions in patients with central airway obstruction (CAO) has shown to reduce patients' distress due to breathlessness and achieve better outcomes at lower cost. This retrospective review was performed to determine whether rigid bronchoscopic interventions alleviated the symptom burden and the requirement for continued mechanical ventilation in patients with CAO in a tertiary care hospital.