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. 2015 Jan 2:350:g7617.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7617.

The management of chronic breathlessness in patients with advanced and terminal illness

Magnus P Ekström¹, Amy P Abernethy², David C Currow³

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia pmekstrom@gmail.com.
² Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 25556037
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7617

Review

The management of chronic breathlessness in patients with advanced and terminal illness

Magnus P Ekström et al. BMJ. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 2:350:g7617.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7617.

Authors

Magnus P Ekström¹, Amy P Abernethy², David C Currow³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia pmekstrom@gmail.com.
² Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 25556037
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7617

Erratum in

The management of chronic breathlessness in patients with advanced and terminal illness.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] BMJ. 2016 Jul 22;354:i4090. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4090. BMJ. 2016. PMID: 27449049 No abstract available.

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