End-of-life care in a COPD patient awaiting lung transplantation: a case report

COPD is nowadays the main indication for lung transplantation. In appropriately selected patients with end stage COPD, lung transplantation may improve quality of life and prognosis of survival. However, patients with end stage COPD may die while waiting for lung transplantation. Palliative care is...

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Autores principales: Janssen, Daisy JA, Spruit, Martijn A, Does, Joan D, Schols, Jos MGA, Wouters, Emiel FM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20426832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-9-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20426832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-9-6

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