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End-of-life care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease with median survival from 2 to 7 years. Palliative care is an important part of patients´ care as lung transplantation is not an option for the majority of patients. The aim of this study was to describe treatment practices, de...

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Autores principales: Rajala, Kaisa, Lehto, Juho T., Saarinen, M., Sutinen, E., Saarto, T., Myllärniemi, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0158-8