Is chronic breathlessness less recognised and treated compared with chronic pain? A case-based randomised controlled trial

Eur Respir J. 2018 Sep 15;52(3):1800887. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00887-2018. Print 2018 Sep.

Abstract

This study highlights the need for improved assessment and management of chronic breathlessness in clinical practice http://ow.ly/S7Ua30kPmjW

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02728674.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Chronic Pain / drug therapy
  • Chronic Pain / etiology
  • Dyspnea / drug therapy*
  • Dyspnea / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
  • Sweden / epidemiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02728674