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High flow nasal therapy in the management of hypoxemic dyspnea at the end of life

Refractory dyspnea is challenging for physicians treating patients near to the end of life. High-flow nasal therapy (HFNT). We report a case in which HFNS was effective in a patient in the last days of life to mitigate dyspnea allowing a minimal quality of life for some days before dying. HFNT may b...

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Autores principales: Mercadante, Sebastiano, Giuliana, Fausto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33990883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06279-6